Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has resulted from all the migrations of the intervening years. Using non-technical language and a minimum of mathematics, this book presents a lucid description and evaluation of these studies of the genetic structure of human populations. A special feature is the appendix which presents computer-generated maps and distribution diagrams of 100 common surnames in England and Wales.
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The first comprehensive national survey of the historical spread and geographical distribution of the commoner surnames in Great Britain. Illuminates the trends of migration and the genetic structure of the British population by examining patterns of human in-breeding and movement. Includes over one hundred maps showing surnames comprising over 20 of the population.
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random isonymy, marital isonymy, surname models, ith surname, total inbreeding coefficient, surname analyses, surname data, surname studies, rare surnames, inbreeding loops, marital migration, human population structure, surname distributions, surname frequencies, surname analysis, specific surnames, few surnames, inbreeding coefficients, different surnames, other surnames, common surnames, breeding structure, same surname, random component Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The application of models based on surnames to the study of the genetic structure of the human population would seem to call for some justification. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
random isonymy, marital isonymy, surname models, ith surname, total inbreeding coefficient, surname analyses, surname data, surname studies, rare surnames, inbreeding loops, marital migration, human population structure, surname distributions, surname frequencies, surname analysis, specific surnames, few surnames, inbreeding coefficients, different surnames, other surnames, common surnames, breeding structure, same surname, random component Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Genetic Variation in Britain (Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium Series) by D.F. Roberts on 4 pages
- Human Biology by J Roberts on 4 pages
- Physical Anthropology by Gabriel Ward Lasker on 4 pages
- Human Biology by Jane B. Taylor in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics by Michael H. Crawford in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Human Variability and Plasticity (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor on page 144, and page 157
- Research Strategies in Human Biology: Field and Survey Studies (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by Gabriel Ward Lasker on page 60, and page 88
- Growth, Maturation and Body Composition: The Fels Longitudinal Study 1929-1991 by Alex F. Roche in Front Matter
- The Evolution of Modern Human Diversity: A Study of Cranial Variation (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by Marta Mirazón Lahr in Front Matter
- Adaptation to Malaria: The Interaction of Biology and Culture by Lawrence S. Greene on page 346
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