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An introduction to genetics for language scientists : current concepts, methods and findings / Dan Dediu.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107001299 (hardcover)
  • 1107001293 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 400 DED 1 23
LOC classification:
  • QH431 .D35 2015
NLM classification:
  • 2015 F-354
  • QZ 50
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Nature, nurture, and heritability; 3. The molecular bases of genetics; 4. Effects of genes on phenotype; 5. Linkage disequilibrium and its role in finding genes; 6. What do genes actually do?; 7. The way forward: exome and genome sequencing; 8. Population and evolutionary genetics; 9. Interactions between genetic and cultural evolution; 10. Conclusions, topics not covered, future directions; Appendix. The computer code; A.1. Simulating contingency tables; A.2. Log Odds Ratio; A.3. Simulating genetic drift; Notes; References; Glossary; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-251) and index.

1. Introduction; 2. Nature, nurture, and heritability; 3. The molecular bases of genetics; 4. Effects of genes on phenotype; 5. Linkage disequilibrium and its role in finding genes; 6. What do genes actually do?; 7. The way forward: exome and genome sequencing; 8. Population and evolutionary genetics; 9. Interactions between genetic and cultural evolution; 10. Conclusions, topics not covered, future directions; Appendix. The computer code; A.1. Simulating contingency tables; A.2. Log Odds Ratio; A.3. Simulating genetic drift; Notes; References; Glossary; Index.

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