Book contents
- Our Genes
- Frontispiece
- Our Genes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Origins and Histories
- 3 The Mind, the Lab, and the Field: Three Kinds of Populations
- 4 Metrics and Measures
- 5 Models and Methodologies
- 6 Six Patterns of Human Genomic Variation
- 7 Natural Selection
- 8 Intelligence, Female Orgasm, and Future Discovery
- 9 Is Race Real?
- 10 The Conscious Universe: Genes in Complex Systems
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
6 - Six Patterns of Human Genomic Variation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2022
- Our Genes
- Frontispiece
- Our Genes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Origins and Histories
- 3 The Mind, the Lab, and the Field: Three Kinds of Populations
- 4 Metrics and Measures
- 5 Models and Methodologies
- 6 Six Patterns of Human Genomic Variation
- 7 Natural Selection
- 8 Intelligence, Female Orgasm, and Future Discovery
- 9 Is Race Real?
- 10 The Conscious Universe: Genes in Complex Systems
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
In pursuit of more nuanced answers about ourselves and each other, we must shift from metrics and models to interpretation and applications of genomic analyses, both in scientific and medical contexts, and in broader culture and politics. Accordingly, this chapter presents six general empirical patterns of human genomic variation. The patterns emerge from many data points, layered through measures and metrics such as heterozygosity and Euclidean genetic distance, statistical modeling machinery, such as variance partitioning protocols and Bayesian clustering algorithms, and theoretical concepts, such as population and genetic variation. Because the six patterns form an indelible, complex mix of genomic data, statistical methods, and evolutionary genetic theory, I call them neither facts nor data, nor empirical results nor states of affairs. They are also neither models nor methodologies. They are much too complex and unique for such simple and straightforward denominations.
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- Our GenesA Philosophical Perspective on Human Evolutionary Genomics, pp. 164 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022