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Fridig Surname DNA Project
Recommended Reading
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1. 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
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2. 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.
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3. The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That
Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
by Bryan Sykes, Hardcover -
available June 2001; not yet published
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4. The Book of Man
by Sir Walter Bodmer, Published in
1994.
A good example of the progress being made is the finding of
useful markers within the male chromosome called the Y-chromosome.
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5. Cohen Study
Reported in the scientific journal "Nature", July
1998
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6. 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
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7. Population Genetics: A Concise Guide
by
John H. Gillespie, Hardcover - January 1999
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8. Genome
by Matt Ridley, originally
published in Great Britain in 1999.
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9. Transducing The Genome
by Gary Zweiger, copyright 2001
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