CoevolutionPub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1080/23256214.2013.858497
Austin L Hughes
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CoevolutionPub Date : 1991-08-01DOI: 10.1515/9781503621534-006
{"title":"3. GENES AND HUMAN DIVERSITY : A Case Study of Sickle-Cell Anemia in West Africa","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781503621534-006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621534-006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90145,"journal":{"name":"Coevolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66844604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoevolutionPub Date : 1991-08-01DOI: 10.1515/9781503621534-008
{"title":"5. CULTURAL MEDIATION: The Evolution of Adult Lactose Absorption","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781503621534-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621534-008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90145,"journal":{"name":"Coevolution","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66844718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoevolutionPub Date : 1991-08-01DOI: 10.1515/9781503621534-004
{"title":"1. INTRODUCTION: Genes and Culture in Evolutionary Perspective","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781503621534-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621534-004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90145,"journal":{"name":"Coevolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66844130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoevolutionPub Date : 1991-08-01DOI: 10.1515/9781503621534-005
{"title":"2. CULTURE AND HUMAN DIVERSITY: A Case Study of Marriage in Tibet","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781503621534-005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621534-005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90145,"journal":{"name":"Coevolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66844204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoevolutionPub Date : 1991-08-01DOI: 10.1515/9781503621534-011
{"title":"8. CONCLUSION: Evolution in a Dual Inheritance System","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781503621534-011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621534-011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90145,"journal":{"name":"Coevolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66844836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoevolutionPub Date : 1991-08-01DOI: 10.1515/9781503621534-013
{"title":"B. First Principles of Genetics","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781503621534-013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621534-013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90145,"journal":{"name":"Coevolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66845091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoevolutionPub Date : 1991-08-01DOI: 10.1515/9781503621534-007
{"title":"4. THE RELATIONSHIPS OF GENES AND CULTURE","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9781503621534-007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621534-007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90145,"journal":{"name":"Coevolution","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66844624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}