International
Lindsay Surname DNA Project
Recommended Reading
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1. Genetics and the Search For Modern Human Origins
by John
H. Relethford, published 2001, Wiley-Liss Inc, 252 pages
Written by a professor of biological anthropology at
State University of New York College at Oneonta. One of the best books
on genetics I have encountered that covers so many of the areas needed to
better understand the meanings and conclusions of the International Lindsay
Surname DNA Project.
2. Human Evolutionary Genetics, Origins, People &
Disease
by Mark A Jobling, Matthew E. Hurles and Chris
Tyler-Smith, published 2004, Garland Publishing, 523 pages
Written by three of the world's top geneticists and used
as a text for the "Introduction to Anthropological Genetics" at
Stanford University, California. This text provides a through
understanding of the use of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) in the
studies of population migrations.
3. DNA
for Family Historians
by Alan Savin
ISBN 0-9539171-0-X
First edition 2000, 32
pages, paperback, Language English
This short booklet explores the potential use of DNA for
family history research. Simplified
genetic theory and case studies are examined and the usefulness and problems of
using DNA as a tool for genealogy are discussed. It is written at a level to be understood by any
layperson. Alan Savin has
been a genealogist since 1986. He
is a member of the Guild of One Name Studies, the Institute of Heraldic and
Genealogical Studies and several family history societies.
Since 1997 he has carried out joint research with Dr. Mark Thomas of
University College, London on Y-chromosome DNA.
This book can be ordered from;
Alan Savin
Genetic Genealogy Guides
9 Bannard Road Maidenhead
Berkshire, England SL6 4NG
E-mail: alan@savin.org
Price (inc. airmail & packaging), UK: £3.99
USA: $6.99 USD
4. The Human Inheritance: Genes, Language, and
Evolution
by Bryan Sykes
(Editor), Hardcover - December 1999
In the words of Oxford Ancestors, "they have
harnessed the power and precision of modern DNA- based genetics in the service
of genealogy". Oxford
Ancestors builds on over a decade of research into human populations and their
origins carried out by Professor Bryan Sykes, Professor of Human Genetics at the
University of Oxford, and his team at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at
Oxford.
5. The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That
Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
by Bryan Sykes, Hardcover - June 2001; Bantam Press, New
York, 306pp
6. Cohen Study
Reported in the scientific journal "Nature", July
1998
7. Cracking
the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA
by Kevin Davies [editor of Nature
Genetics], The Free Press, New
York, 2001 ISBN 0-7432-0479-4
8. Population Genetics: A Concise Guide
by
John H. Gillespie, Hardcover - January 1999
9. Genome
by Matt Ridley, originally
published in Great Britain in 1999.
10. Transducing The Genome
by Gary Zweiger, copyright 2001
11. Adam's Curse: a Future Without Men
by Bryan Sykes, published 2003,
Bantam Press, New York, 384pp.
Oxford geneticist and prolific author, Bryan Sykes, provides a
thought provoking look at exploring the history of male humanity and its
future. If you are among the readers who prefer to separate science from
sociology, you might want to check this one out from your local library for a
quick scan.
12. The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee, Evolution and Human
Life
by Jared Diamond, published 2002,
Vintage, London, 360pp.
Interesting reading but concluding with much conjecture and thus not as
scientific as some may require. Nonetheless you might find it difficult
to disagree with some of the merits of the possible outcome of mankind.
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