Contents

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-xii

Part I - Genetic Diversity - Its Dimensions

pp xiii-xiv

Genetic polymorphisms - a widening panorama

pp 1-10

Some implications of improved electrophoresis techniques for population genetics

pp 11-28

HLA variation in the tropics

pp 29-38

Chromosome polymorphism in humans

pp 39-56

Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the human genome

pp 57-76

Nucleotide sequences, restriction maps, and human mitochondrial DNA diversity

pp 77-86

Mitochondrial DNA variation in eastern highlanders of Papua New Guinea

pp 87-100

The Contribution of polymorphisms in mtDNA to population genetic studies

pp 101-110

Part II - Genetic Diversity - Its Origin and Maintenance

pp 111-112

Human genetic diversity in south-east Asia and the western Pacific

pp 113-134

Malaria-protective alleles in southern Africa: relict alleles of no health significance

pp 135-148

The genetic origin of the variability of the phenotypic expression of the Hb S gene

pp 149-156

Origin and maintenance of genetic variation in Black Carib populations of St. Vincent and Central America

pp 157-180

Historical and demographic factors and the genetic structure of an Afro-American Community of Nicaragua

pp 181-190

Migration and genetic polymorphisms in some Congo peoples

pp 191-198

Population structure studies and genetic variability in humans

pp 199-220

Inbreeding and the incidence of recessive disorders in the populations of Karnataka, South India

pp 221-228

Genetic diversity at the albumin locus

pp 229-236

GENETIC DIVERSITY - APPLICATIONS AND PROBLEMS OF COMPLEX CHARACTERS

pp 237-237

Significance of dermatoglyphics in studies of population genetic variation in man

pp 237-244

Polymorphisms of red-green vision among populations of the tropics

pp 245-252

Reductions in body size and the preservation of genetic variability in tropical populations

pp 253-262

Genetic isolates and the search for causal mechanisms of disease

pp 263-278

Index

pp 279-286