Principles of Population Genetics**** The first edition (1980) is one of the 10 titles on quantitative genetics/population genetics cited in BCL3. For upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students with some background in genetics and population biology. Contains nine chapters with illustrations, boxed examples and problems. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... ulation genetics must take into account such ecological and evolutionary factors as population size , patterns of mating , geographic distribution of individuals , migration , and nat- ural selection . The many genetic , ecological ...
... ulation genetics must take into account such ecological and evolutionary factors as population size , patterns of mating , geographic distribution of individuals , migration , and nat- ural selection . The many genetic , ecological ...
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... ulation has the age classes 0 , 1 , 2 , . . m in the ratio 1 : SA - SOSA 2 : SOS1S2A - 3 : .. . SOS1S2 ... Sm - 1 - m . Furthermore , λ is the rate of growth of the population after it has reached a stable age structure ; specifically ...
... ulation has the age classes 0 , 1 , 2 , . . m in the ratio 1 : SA - SOSA 2 : SOS1S2A - 3 : .. . SOS1S2 ... Sm - 1 - m . Furthermore , λ is the rate of growth of the population after it has reached a stable age structure ; specifically ...
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... ulation need not be remote in time from the present one . Indeed , the ancestral population , presumed to be noninbred ( F = 0 ) , typically refers to the population existing just a few generations previous to the present one , and F in ...
... ulation need not be remote in time from the present one . Indeed , the ancestral population , presumed to be noninbred ( F = 0 ) , typically refers to the population existing just a few generations previous to the present one , and F in ...
Contents
The Genetic Background of Population Genetics | 3 |
The Molecular Basis of Molecular Population Genetics | 28 |
The Statistical Basis of Population Genetics | 40 |
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aaBB age structure allele frequency allozyme amino acid artificial selection assortative mating average breeding calculated called change in allele Chapter chromosome demes denoted distribution dominant Drosophila melanogaster effective number environment enzyme equal equation equilibrium estimates evolution evolutionary evolve example F₁ favored females Figure fitness gametes gene genetic variation genotype frequencies Hardy-Weinberg heritability heterozygosity heterozygous homozygotes homozygous human hybrid identical by descent inbreeding coefficient individual inversion involved loci locus males mean melanic migration mimicry mutation N₁ natural populations natural selection neutral nucleotide occur offspring p₁ percent plants polymorphism population genetics populations of Drosophila probability proportion protein quantitative genetics quantitative trait quency random genetic drift random mating recessive recombination relative represents seeds sequence shifting balance shown speciation species subpopulations Table tion twins ulation Univ σ²