Controversy over human evolution remains widespread. However, the human geme project and genetic sequencing of many other species have provided myriad precise and unambiguous genetic markers that establish our evolutionary relationships with other mammals. Human Evolution: Genes, Genealogies and Phylogenies identifies and explains these identifiable, rare and complex markers including endogeus retroviruses, geme-modifying transposable elements, gene-disabling mutations, segmental duplications and gene-enabling mutations. The new genetic tools also provide fascinating insights into when and how many features of human biology arose: from aspects of placental structure, vitamin C dependence and trichromatic vision, to tendencies to gout, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Bringing together a decade's worth of research and tying it together to provide an overwhelming argument for the mammalian ancestry of the human species, the book will be of interest to professional scientists and students in both the biological and biomedical sciences.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107040124
ISBN-13
9781107040120
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184445804
Product Key Features
Author
Graeme Finlay
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Life Sciences: General
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
660g
Height
247mm
Width
174mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Spine
24mm
Content Note
101 B/w Illus. 11 Tables
Author Biography
Graeme Finlay is Senior Lecturer in Scientific Pathology at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand.