Human Population Genetics
Human Population Genetics
Evolution and Variation
27 seminar style audio visual talks presented by leading world experts
Purchase Information
Target Audience
For all those wishing to be briefed on the latest developments in the study and understanding of human population genetics including human geneticists and academics from biological disciplines involved in genetics and graduate and postgraduate students in related fields.
Series Editors
Prof. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza and Prof. Marcus Feldman, Stanford University, USA.
Participating Speakers
Prof. Sir Walter Bodmer, Dr. Bernard Brais, Prof. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Prof. Nancy Cox, Prof. Kaare Christensen, Prof. Andrew Clark, Prof. Bertrand Desjardins, Dr. Anna Di Rienzo, Prof. Marcus Feldman, Prof. Henry Greely, Prof. Austin Hughes, Dr. Toomas Kivislid, Prof. Richard Klein, Dr. Damian Labuda, Prof. Gil McVean, Prof. S. Qasim Mehdi, Prof. Joanna Mountain, Prof. Masatoshi Nei, Dr. Yoshihito Niimura, Prof. Neil Risch, Dr. Noah Rosenberg, Dr. Merritt Ruhlen, Dr. Theodore Schurr, Dr. Marc St-Hilaire, Prof. Antonio Torroni, Dr. Marc Tremblay, Prof. Peter Underhill, Dr. Hélènr Vézina, Dr. James Weber, Prof. Kenneth Weiss and Dr. Piri Welcsh.
Topics Covered
Evolutionary history – Evolutionary forces at play – Markers – The human phenotype – Population structure – Complex patterns of natural selection – The Human Genome Project – HapMap – Historical and geographical genetic variation.
The Format
Each of the seminars is specially commissioned from a leading world expert in a user friendly format of animated slides with synchronized narration. The talks preserve each speaker’s personality and approach allowing you to experience world class seminars at your own pace, wherever you want and as often as you want.
"These talks by many of the world's leading authorities are clearly presented, up-to-date and well-illustrated. They provide excellent and wide-ranging reviews of human genetic variation and its implications for recent human evolution, human diversity and health."
Professor Chris Stringer FRS, Natural History Museum, London, UK