HUMAN HEREDITY presents the concepts of human genetics in clear, concise language and provides relevant examples that you can apply to yourself, your family, an

"In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books

The Middle East plays a major role in the history of genetic science. Early in the twentieth century, technological breakthroughs in human genetics coincided wi

Introduction and basic genetic principles; Genetic loci genetic polymorphisms; Aspects of statistical inference; Basics of linkage analysis; The informativeness

Harry Smit examines the elements of current evolutionary theory and how they bear on the evolution of the human mind.