Human Evolutionary Genetics

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(cross-leveled with ANTHRO 4885 ). Human genomes contain a wealth of information such that anthropologists and geneticists have mined global genetic diversity to describe the ancestry of the people all over the world. In doing so, they have described ancient and recent population movements and mixtures, identified genetic signatures of adaptation to local environmental pressures, highlighted the pervasive influence of culture on human biodiversity, and helped wipe away any genetic basis for racial categories in humans. Students in the course apply population genetic methods to public databases using current software to understand how we know what we think we know about human genetic diversity. Credit Hour s : 3 Prerequisites: ANTHRO 2050 and ANTHRO 2052 or BIO_SC 1500