Title Human Variation: From the Laboratory to the Field

Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Society for the study of human biology series Society for the Study of Human Biology series ; 49. Contents Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Chapter 1. Factors and Forces Influencing Human Variation; Chapter 2. Genetics of Body Weight and Obesity; Chapter 3. Diversity of Human Adaptability to Environments: A Physiological Anthropology Perspective; Chapter 4. Tissue and Cell Adaptability to Physical and Chemical Factors; Chapter 5. Human Adaptation to Natural and Artificial Light: Variation in Circadian Photosensitivity; Chapter 6. Effect of Environmental Light on Human Gastrointestinal Activity: From Laboratory Study to Fieldwork Summary Brings together the contributions of 22 scientists working in four continents to identify and address challenges imposed by variability. This book reviews the way we examine and analyze human variation, paying specific attention to genetics, growth and development, and physiology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Physical anthropology. Anthropometry. Human population genetics. Population genetics. Human genetics -- Variation. Anthropology, Physical Anthropometry Genetics, Population Genetic Variation physical anthropology. anthropometry. NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals. Population genetics Human genetics -- Variation Anthropometry Human population genetics Physical anthropology Mensch Variabilität Variation -- Mensch. Mensch -- Variation (Biol.) Populationsgenetik. Humangenetik. Anthropometrie. Variation. Anthropologie physique. Homme -- Variabilité. Homme -- Adaptation. Génétique des populations humaines. Form Electronic book ISBN 1420084747 9781420084740 9780429139796 0429139799

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