Article
Detection of differential gene flow from patterns of quantitative variation.
Human biology - 1 Feb 1990
Relethford J H, Blangero J
Abstract excerpt
A major goal in anthropological genetics is the assessment of the effects of different microevolutionary forces. Harpending and Ward (1982) developed a model that aids in this effort by comparing observed and expected heterozygosity within populations in a local region. The expected heterozygosity within a population is a function of the total heterozygosity of the entire region and the distance of the population...
Topics
- Anthropology, Physical
- Anthropometry
- Dermatoglyphics
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Nepal
- Northern Ireland