Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 3: Experimental Results and Evolutionary Deductions"Wright's views about population genetics and evolution are so fundamental and so comprehensive that every serious student must examine these books firsthand. . . . Publication of this treatise is a major event in evolutionary biology."-Daniel L. Hartl, BioScience |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
Plants | 6 |
Differentiation and Depression | 44 |
4 Variability under Inbreeding and Crossbreeding | 97 |
5 Genotypic Persistence in Inbred Lines and Clones | 138 |
6 The Course of Directional Selection | 165 |
7 Artificial Selection Excluding Insects | 186 |
8 Artificial Selection with Insects | 235 |
Mutation and Mass Selection | 411 |
13 Shifting Balance Theories of Evolution | 443 |
14 Genetic Load and Genetic Variability | 474 |
15 The Evolution of Dominance | 498 |
16 Breeds of Livestock | 527 |
17 General Conclusions | 556 |
Bibliography | 563 |
Corrections for Volumes 1 and 2 | 598 |
9 Natural Selection in the Laboratory | 289 |
10 Experimental Stochastic Distributions of Gene Frequencies | 346 |
11 Mutation and Selection | 367 |
Author Index | 599 |
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