Surnames and genetic structure / Gabriel Ward Lasker ; with maps and diagrams, prepared by C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor, A.J. Boyce, and G. Brush, of the distribution of 100 surnames in England and Wales.

By:

Lasker, Gabriel Ward [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 1.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1985Description: 1 online resource (viii, 148 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511983351 (ebook)

Other title:

Surnames & Genetic Structure

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Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:

573.2/15 19

LOC classification:

GN289 .L37 1985

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Summary: 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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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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Surnames and genetic structure / Gabriel Ward Lasker ; with maps and diagrams, prepared by C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor, A.J. Boyce, and G. Brush, of the distribution of 100 surnames in England and Wales.