| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Science and Society, Genes and Culture; Chapter 2. From Medicine to Bacterial Genetics (1943-1960); Chapter 3. The Shift to Human Populations (1952-1970); Chapter 4. Excursions into Human Culture (1970- ); Chapter 5. Genes, Languages, and Human Prehistory (1970- ); Chapter 6. On to DNA Polymorphisms and the Y Chromosome (1984- ); Chapter 7. The Human Genome Diversity Project (1991- ); Chapter 8. The Legacy; Glossary; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Drawing links between genetic and cultural development, Cavalli-Sforza developed groundbreaking techniques to trace the evolution of Homo sapiens and the origins of human differentiation, in addition to his earlier work in bacterial genetics. He is also the founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project and continues to work as the principal investigator at Stanford University's Human Population Genetics Laboratory. Based on extensive research and interviews with Cavalli-Sforza and his colleagues, this biography examines the scientist's life and his immense and occasionally controversial c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018.
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Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018. |
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Cavalli-Sforza, L. L., 1922- Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca. |
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Geneticists -- California -- Biography.
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Geneticists. |
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California. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Genetics, Population. |
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Anthropology, Cultural. |
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California. |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Lurquin, Paul F.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stone, Linda, 1947- Genetic and cultural odyssey. New York : Columbia University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2004061869 |
| ISBN |
0231508581 (electronic book) |
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9780231508582 (electronic book) |
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0231133960 |
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9780231133968 |
| Music No. |
EB00639383 Recorded Books |
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