Genomic diversity : applications in human population genetics

Contents. Preface. Classical to Molecular Polymorphisms: Population Genetic Studies from the Indian Sub-Continent; S.S. Papiha, S.S. Mastana Variability in nDNA, mtDNA, and Proteins - A Test Case; M.H. Hutz, et al. Genetic Diversity among Five Native American Tribes of Colombia: Evidence from Nine Autosomal Microsatellites; F. D. Guarino, et al. Trinucleotide Repeats, Genetic Instability, and Variation in the Human Genome; R. Deka, R. Chakraborty Y-Chromosomal DNA Markers; C. Tyler-Smith. On the Genetic Origin of the Turks: Study of Six Y-Chromosomal Short Tandem Repeats; B. Rolf, A. Röhl, et al. The Origins of Pakistani Populations: Evidence from Y Chromosome Markers; S. Q. Mehdi, et al. The Use of Y-Chromosomal DNA Variation to Investigate Population History: Recent Male Spread in Asia and Europe; T. Zerjal, et al. A Mitochondrial DNA Database: Applications to Problems of Nomenclature and Population Genetics; P. Francalacci, et al. The Tras-Caucasus and the Expansion of the Caucasoid-Specific Human Mitochondrial DNA Lineages; E. Metspalu, et al. The Place of the Indian Mitochondrial DNA Variants in the Global Network of Maternal Lineages and the Peopling of the Old World; T. Kivisild, et al. Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the Southwest Pacific; D.A. Merriwether, et al. Molecular Anthropology: Progress and Perspectives on Ancient DNA Technology; C.J. Kolman. Interspersed Repeat Insertion Polymorphisms for Studies of Human Molecular Anthropology; P.L. Deininger, et al. Statistical Issues Regarding the Use of Microsatellite Loci for Molecular Anthropological Studies; R. Chakraborty. Epilogue.