ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Human Genome Diversity Project, Population Genetics, Vasoconstriction
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Count de buffon varieties of the human species (1749: descriptive, rejected classifications by population (how they differ, emphasized unity of human species, behavioral & cultural biases. Goal was for the betterment of the human species by the selective breeding for favorable traits. 1869 heredity genius : prominence is inherited/inborn, statistics, used biology to reinforce social prejudices. 1911 heredity in relation to eugenics : established eugenics in us scientific program. How was eugenics to be carried out: restriction of immigration, restriction of the propagation of undesirable heritable traits, encouragement of breeding between individuals with desirable genetic traits. Ernest hooton: broke from eugenics movement, differences between individuals and not groups. Polymorphism-a species with alternative forms (alleles) of particular genes. Polytypism - the study of differences between groups. Polymorphic species is divided into geographically dispersed populations. The expression on genetic variants in different frequencies in different populations of a species. Racial: examinations of biological differences among human groups.
