Surnames and Genetic Structure

by Gabriel Ward Lasker

Book Overview

Surnames are inherited in much the same way as are biological traits. Since surnames were generally adopted - in Europe during Medieval times - their distribution has become very uneven: analysis of the present geographic patterns provides an insight into the kind of redistribution of genes that has resulted from all the migrations of the intervening years. Using non-technical language and a minimum of mathematics, this book presents a lucid description...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521057639
• ISBN13: 9780521057639
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"