I INTRODUCTION, I THE ABNORMAL HEMOGLOBINS AND THALASSEMIA, III THE GLUCOSES-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY , IV THE POPULATION GENETICS OF THE RED CELL DEFECTS , V SELECTION FOR THE RED CELL DEFECTS , VI EASTERN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, VII INDIA, TIBET, PAKISTAN, AND CEYLON, VIII THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE, IX NORTH AND WEST AFRICA, X CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA, XI THE AMERICAS, XII CONCLUSIONS
Frank. B. Livingstone, Jonathan Marks
-During the past fifteen years many thousands of human subjects
from most parts of the world have been investigated for hemoglobin
variants and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency.
The observations have been widely scattered in medical, genetical
and anthropological journals, and reviews have been confined to
particular areas or particular problems. Livingstone has performed
a useful task in compiling available data on the frequencies of
these genes. . . . The text is clearly and fairly written.-
--Anthony Allison, the Quarterly Review of Biology -Professor
Livingstone's book is an important compilation, as well as
interpretation, of data on abnormal hemoglobins and G6PD deficiency
throughout the world and should serve as a source book for testing
theories of human population genetics. . . . . Professor
Livingstone is to be congratulated on his effort, for such a
compilation is vital for the testing of theories in human
population genetics. Hopefully, new editions will be printed
frequently.- --Stephen L. Wiesenfeld, American Anthropologist
-Livingstone, the principal explicator of Allison's hypothesis that
falciparum malaria is the agent that leads to sickle cell
(hemoglobin S) polymorphism in human populations, expands the
hypothesis to include genes for other abnormal hemoglobins and for
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The conclusions he
reaches, as he points out himself, are received with at least some
reservations by others, including this reviewer. The excellent
bibliography of about 800 citations and the enormously difficult
talk of compiling the relevant data in 320 pages of tables earns
the author our cheers.- --John Buettner-Janusch, American
Scientist
"During the past fifteen years many thousands of human subjects
from most parts of the world have been investigated for hemoglobin
variants and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency.
The observations have been widely scattered in medical, genetical
and anthropological journals, and reviews have been confined to
particular areas or particular problems. Livingstone has performed
a useful task in compiling available data on the frequencies of
these genes. . . . The text is clearly and fairly written."
--Anthony Allison, the Quarterly Review of Biology "Professor
Livingstone's book is an important compilation, as well as
interpretation, of data on abnormal hemoglobins and G6PD deficiency
throughout the world and should serve as a source book for testing
theories of human population genetics. . . . . Professor
Livingstone is to be congratulated on his effort, for such a
compilation is vital for the testing of theories in human
population genetics. Hopefully, new editions will be printed
frequently." --Stephen L. Wiesenfeld, American Anthropologist
"Livingstone, the principal explicator of Allison's hypothesis that
falciparum malaria is the agent that leads to sickle cell
(hemoglobin S) polymorphism in human populations, expands the
hypothesis to include genes for other abnormal hemoglobins and for
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The conclusions he
reaches, as he points out himself, are received with at least some
reservations by others, including this reviewer. The excellent
bibliography of about 800 citations and the enormously difficult
talk of compiling the relevant data in 320 pages of tables earns
the author our cheers." --John Buettner-Janusch, American
Scientist
"During the past fifteen years many thousands of human subjects
from most parts of the world have been investigated for hemoglobin
variants and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency.
The observations have been widely scattered in medical, genetical
and anthropological journals, and reviews have been confined to
particular areas or particular problems. Livingstone has performed
a useful task in compiling available data on the frequencies of
these genes. . . . The text is clearly and fairly written."
--Anthony Allison, the Quarterly Review of Biology "Professor
Livingstone's book is an important compilation, as well as
interpretation, of data on abnormal hemoglobins and G6PD deficiency
throughout the world and should serve as a source book for testing
theories of human population genetics. . . . . Professor
Livingstone is to be congratulated on his effort, for such a
compilation is vital for the testing of theories in human
population genetics. Hopefully, new editions will be printed
frequently." --Stephen L. Wiesenfeld, American Anthropologist
"Livingstone, the principal explicator of Allison's hypothesis that
falciparum malaria is the agent that leads to sickle cell
(hemoglobin S) polymorphism in human populations, expands the
hypothesis to include genes for other abnormal hemoglobins and for
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The conclusions he
reaches, as he points out himself, are received with at least some
reservations by others, including this reviewer. The excellent
bibliography of about 800 citations and the enormously difficult
talk of compiling the relevant data in 320 pages of tables earns
the author our cheers." --John Buettner-Janusch, American Scientist
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