Human Genome Diversity workshop 1
The Human Genome Diversity Project (HGD) is an international interdisciplinary program whose goal is to reveal as much as possible about the current state of genetic diversity among humans and the processes that were responsible for that diversity. Classical premolecular techniques have already proved that a significant component of human genetic variability lies within populations rather than among them. New molecular techniques will permit a dramatic increase in the resolving power of genetic analysis at the population level. Recent social changes in many parts of the world threaten the identity of a number of populations that may be extremely important for understanding human evolutionary history. It is therefore urgent to conduct research on human variation in these areas, while there is still time. The plan is to identify the most representative descendants of ancestral human populations worldwide and then to preserve genetic records of these populations. This is a report of the Population Genetics Workshop (Workshop 1), the first of three to be held to plan HGD, which was focused on sampling strategies and analytic methods from population genetics. The topics discussed were sampling and population structure; analysis of populations; drift versus natural selection; modeling migration and population subdivision; and population structure and subdivision.
- Research Organization:
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI05-92ER61463
- OSTI ID:
- 505330
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/61463-T2; CONF-9207257-Summ.; ON: DE97007810; TRN: AHC29716%%82
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1. human genome diversity workshop, Stanford, CA (United States), 16-18 Jul 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
The Human Genome Diversity Project
The Human Genome Diversity (HGD) Project. Summary document