The Human Genome Diversity Project

by Amade M'Charek

Book Overview

The Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) was launched in 1991 by a group of population geneticists whose aim was to map genetic diversity in hundreds of human populations by tracing the similarities and differences between them. It quickly became controversial and was accused of racism and 'bad science' because of the special interest paid to sampling cell material from isolated and indigenous populations. The author spent a year carrying out participant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521832225
• ISBN13: 9780521832229
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"