Genetics - General and Miscellaneous
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Overview
This concise introduction offers students and researchers an overview of the discipline that connects genetics and evolution. Addressing the theories behind population genetics and relevant empirical evidence, John Gillespie discusses genetic drift, natural selection, nonrandom mating, quantitative genetics, and the evolutionary advantage of sex. First published to wide acclaim in 1998, this brilliant primer has been updated to include new sections on molecular evolution, genetic drift, genetic load, the stationary distribution, and two-locus dynamics. This book is indispensable for students working in a laboratory setting or studying free-ranging populations.
Editorials
Booknews
The author's distillation of population genetics is based on papers from the literature<-->which he recommends be made available to students. Assuming knowledge of Mendelian genetics, a smattering of molecular genetics, simple algebra, and elementary probability theory, chapters cover the Hardy-Weinberg law; genetic drift; natural selection; nonrandom mating; quantitative genetics; and the evolutionary advantage of sex. Appendices contain most of what is needed in the way of mathematics. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
December 29, 2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages
232
ISBN
9781421401706