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Human Variation - 9781420084719

Un libro in lingua di Mascie-taylor C. G. Nicholas (EDT) Yasukouchi Akira (EDT) Ulijaszek Stanley (EDT) edito da Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Mascie-Taylor (biological anthropology, State U. of New York) et al. assemble 16 chapters by genetics, anthropology, and other scientists from Australia, the US, Japan, and Europe working to identify and address challenges posed by human variability. They discuss the way human variation is examined and analyzed, with emphasis on genetics, growth and development, and physiology, and current developments in methodology and analytical techniques in both field and laboratory approaches, and how the two complement each other. Topics include the genetics of body weight and obesity; cold tolerance and lifestyle; the effects of natural and artificial light on gastrointestinal activity; human adaptability to emotional and intellectual stresses; geography, migration, climate, and environmental plasticity as contributors to human variation; bone health and body composition measurement in older people; and the impact of natural environmental stressors, including pollution, on physiological and morphological processes. The volume originated in a joint Society for the Study of Human Biology and Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology meeting at the U. of Cambridge, UK, in 2007. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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