Short notes
Human Genetics
Human Genetics
Definition
Medical Genetics: It is the standard method for understanding the inheritance patterns of Mendelian disorders such as Huntington’s disease, Sickle-cell anemia, and Thalassemia.
Thinkers
- Bronislaw Malinowski | Fieldwork; Cultural Anthropology
- Franz Boas | Cultural Anthropology; Historical Particularism
- Benjamin Lee Whorf | Linguistic Relativity
- Radcliffe-Brown: Used genealogies to reconstruct descent groups and social structure in Africa.
Methods
Definition
Study (Kamal K. Misra): >85% of tribal land transfers in AP, MP, Odisha are to non-tribals.
Thinkers
- Development-induced displacement (by B.K. Roy Burman) highlighting Eco, Health, Political marginalisation.
- Titles show caste influence: Singh, Pujari, Rana, Nayak.
- Radcliffe-Brown: Used genealogies to reconstruct descent groups and social structure in Africa.
- Malinowski: Used them to understand kinship and land inheritance among the Trobriand Islanders.
Application: Methods For Study Of Genetic Principles In Man-Family Study
Definition
Medical Genetics: It is the standard method for understanding the inheritance patterns of Mendelian disorders such as Huntington’s disease, Sickle-cell anemia, and Thalassemia.
Thinkers
- Radcliffe-Brown: Used genealogies to reconstruct descent groups and social structure in Africa.
- Malinowski: Used them to understand kinship and land inheritance among the Trobriand Islanders.
- Claude Lévi-Strauss: Used genealogical/kinship data to develop Alliance Theory, focusing on marriage and exchange between lineages.
- India: S.C. Roy documented Oraon genealogies; Irawati Karve used genealogical mapping to study village kinship and exogamy in Maharashtra.: Applications of Pedigree Analysis.
Biochemical Methods
Definition
It examines humans as biological organisms.
Immunological Methods
Definition
It examines humans as biological organisms.
D.N.A. Technology
Definition
Medical Genetics: It is the standard method for understanding the inheritance patterns of Mendelian disorders such as Huntington’s disease, Sickle-cell anemia, and Thalassemia.
Thinkers
- Bronislaw Malinowski | Fieldwork; Cultural Anthropology
- Franz Boas | Cultural Anthropology; Historical Particularism
- Benjamin Lee Whorf | Linguistic Relativity
- Radcliffe-Brown: Used genealogies to reconstruct descent groups and social structure in Africa.
Recombinant Technologies
Definition
Medical Genetics: It is the standard method for understanding the inheritance patterns of Mendelian disorders such as Huntington’s disease, Sickle-cell anemia, and Thalassemia.
Thinkers
- Bronislaw Malinowski | Fieldwork; Cultural Anthropology
- Franz Boas | Cultural Anthropology; Historical Particularism
- Benjamin Lee Whorf | Linguistic Relativity
- Radcliffe-Brown: Used genealogies to reconstruct descent groups and social structure in Africa.