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The Genetics of African Populations in Health and Disease

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The birthplace of modern humans, Africa, has the highest genetic diversity in the world, yet it remains vastly understudied. With biomedical research increasingly focused on human variation, studying the large population size and number of mutations in African genomes could unravel the complexity of phenotypic traits underlying the biology of our species and hold huge potential for scientific and medical advances. An initial chapter 'conceptualizes Africa', providing relevant terminology. The first section covers genetic history and population structure. The next section looks at the genetic basis of common infectious diseases, such as leishmaniasis, malaria and tuberculosis, with a final part considering common non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart disease and cancer. Gene environment interaction under globalization and the burden of diseases of lifestyle are included. For researchers and graduate students in biological anthropology, genetic anthropology, human and population genetics, and public health. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 830g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 253mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Dec 2019
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781107072022

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Muntaser E. Ibrahim is a Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology Institute of Endemic Diseases at the University of Khartoum Sudan. He established the Unit of Diseases and Diversity at the University in 1998. He is a founding member of the African Society of Human Genetics and in 2014 won the CNR Rao Prize for Scientific Research. Charles Rotimi is the Chief of the Metabolic Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch and the Director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH) Maryland. He was founding president of the African Society of Human Genetics and spearheaded formation of the H3Africa Initiative.

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