The seven daughters of Eve / Bryan Sykes.
By: Sykes, Bryan.
New York : Norton, 2002Edition: Norton Pbk ed.Description: x, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780393323146.Subject(s): Human population genetics | Human evolution | Women -- Anthropometry | Evolutionary geneticsGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | GN289 .S94 2001 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000007629 |
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Includes index.
Iceman's relative found in Dorset -- So, what is DNA and what does it do? -- From blood groups to genes -- Special messenger -- Tsar and I -- Puzzle of the Pacific - Greatest voyagers -- First Europeans -- Last of the Neanderthals -- Hunters and farmers -- We are not amused -- Cheddar man speaks -- Adam joins the party -- Seven daughters -- Ursula -- Xenia -- Helena -- Velda -- Tara -- Katrine -- Jasmine -- World -- Sense of self -- Index.
Professor Bryan Sykes gives a firsthand account of his research into a gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line.