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Principles of human genetics
BOOK
327
NEWS
Principles of Human Genetics By C. Stern.
1973.
Company.
(3rd
San Francisco:
ed.).
A vol.
figs, 118 tabs, bibl., index.
W. H. Freeman
in-V,
and
xii + 892 pp.,
315
Bound @OO.
This updated edition of Professor Stern’s classic textbook continues to represent source of information and education in the field of human genetics.
a major
Contents Genie Action. Meiosis. Cytogenetics. Preface. Introduction. The Biological Basis of Man’s Inheritance. Simple Autosomal Inheritance. Lethal Genes. Genetic Prognosis. Genetic Ratios. The Probability. Hardy-Weinberg Law. Multiple Alleles and the Blood Groups. Medicolegal Applications of Genetics. Sex Linkage. Linkage, Crossing Over, and Chromosome Mapping. Variations in the Expression of Genes. Congenital Malformations and Prenatal Interactions. Polygenic Inheritance. Consanguinity. Sex Determination. The Sex Ratio. Occurrence of Mutations. Production of Mutations. The Genetic Hazards of Radiation. Heredity and Environment: I. Types of Twins. Heredity and Environment: II. Physical SelecTraits. Heredity and Environment : III. Behavior Genetics. Selection and Genetic Polymorphism. tion in Civilization. Aspects of Medical Genetics. Genetic Aspects of Race and Race Mixture. The Origin of Human Diversity.
Evolution and Culture Edited
by M.
Arbor:
The University
A vol. in-f?, The four essays in this book constitute evolutionism”
in contemporary
D.
Sahlins
xvi +
& E. R.
of Michigan
136 pp., bibl.
an important
Service. Press.
Bound
and up-to-date
1960.
(Reprint
Ann 1970).
$3.95.
treatment
of “cultural
perspective.
contents Introduction. Evolution: Specific and General. ance. The Law of Evolutionary Potential.
Adaptation
and Stability.
The Law of Cultural Domin-
Anthropology (The
Behavioral
and
Social
by A. H. Smith
& J. L. Fischer.
Prentice-Hall.
A vol.
Paper
in-16”,
Sciences 1970. xii +
Survey).
Edited
Englewood 148 pp.,
figs,
Cliffs: tabs.
$1.95.
This introductory review, prepared by the Anthropology Panel of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Survey Committee, explains the scope, the partitions, and the probable future of anthropology
as an integrated
field of study.
Contents Preface. The Concerns of Anthropology. Anthropology as a Behavioral and Social Science. Social and Cultural Anthropology. Archaeology. Linguistic Anthropology. Physical Anthropology. Anthropology and the Problems of Society. Anthropology in the United States and Abroad. Anthropology’s Manpower. Anthropology Departments in Universities. The Education of Anthropologists: Some Suggestions. Some Recommendations for Advancing Anthropology. Appendix.
327
NEWS
Principles of Human Genetics By C. Stern.
1973.
Company.
(3rd
San Francisco:
ed.).
A vol.
figs, 118 tabs, bibl., index.
W. H. Freeman
in-V,
and
xii + 892 pp.,
315
Bound @OO.
This updated edition of Professor Stern’s classic textbook continues to represent source of information and education in the field of human genetics.
a major
Contents Genie Action. Meiosis. Cytogenetics. Preface. Introduction. The Biological Basis of Man’s Inheritance. Simple Autosomal Inheritance. Lethal Genes. Genetic Prognosis. Genetic Ratios. The Probability. Hardy-Weinberg Law. Multiple Alleles and the Blood Groups. Medicolegal Applications of Genetics. Sex Linkage. Linkage, Crossing Over, and Chromosome Mapping. Variations in the Expression of Genes. Congenital Malformations and Prenatal Interactions. Polygenic Inheritance. Consanguinity. Sex Determination. The Sex Ratio. Occurrence of Mutations. Production of Mutations. The Genetic Hazards of Radiation. Heredity and Environment: I. Types of Twins. Heredity and Environment: II. Physical SelecTraits. Heredity and Environment : III. Behavior Genetics. Selection and Genetic Polymorphism. tion in Civilization. Aspects of Medical Genetics. Genetic Aspects of Race and Race Mixture. The Origin of Human Diversity.
Evolution and Culture Edited
by M.
Arbor:
The University
A vol. in-f?, The four essays in this book constitute evolutionism”
in contemporary
D.
Sahlins
xvi +
& E. R.
of Michigan
136 pp., bibl.
an important
Service. Press.
Bound
and up-to-date
1960.
(Reprint
Ann 1970).
$3.95.
treatment
of “cultural
perspective.
contents Introduction. Evolution: Specific and General. ance. The Law of Evolutionary Potential.
Adaptation
and Stability.
The Law of Cultural Domin-
Anthropology (The
Behavioral
and
Social
by A. H. Smith
& J. L. Fischer.
Prentice-Hall.
A vol.
Paper
in-16”,
Sciences 1970. xii +
Survey).
Edited
Englewood 148 pp.,
figs,
Cliffs: tabs.
$1.95.
This introductory review, prepared by the Anthropology Panel of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Survey Committee, explains the scope, the partitions, and the probable future of anthropology
as an integrated
field of study.
Contents Preface. The Concerns of Anthropology. Anthropology as a Behavioral and Social Science. Social and Cultural Anthropology. Archaeology. Linguistic Anthropology. Physical Anthropology. Anthropology and the Problems of Society. Anthropology in the United States and Abroad. Anthropology’s Manpower. Anthropology Departments in Universities. The Education of Anthropologists: Some Suggestions. Some Recommendations for Advancing Anthropology. Appendix.