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9780198502319

Evolutionary Genetics

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    9780198502319

  • ISBN10:

    0198502311

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-04-09
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

The first edition of Maynard Smith's Evolutionary Genetics (first published in 1989) was welcomed as the first comprehensive introduction to the molecular and population aspects of evolutionary genetics, and has now become one of the definitive textbooks in the field. Aimed at advancedundergraduates in the biological sciences, the book covers basic population and quantitative genetics, evolutionary game theory, behavioural evolution, sexual selection and mating systems, speciation, and macroevolution. Theory and mathematics are clearly explained, with the aid of problems at theends of the chapters, and the author takes care to place these within the context of questions central to current research in evolutionary biology. This Second Edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect new findings and research interests. In the chapter on phenotypic evolution, theauthor incorporates new research on game theory. The discussions of sex and host-parasite interactions have been extensively revised and the author has added a new chapter on molecular genetics and the reconstruction of evolutionary history. Evolutionary Genetics remains the essential textbook foradvanced undergraduates seeking a clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date account of the theory of evolutionary biology.

Table of Contents

Evolution by natural selection
Models of populations
Evolution in diploid populations
The variability of natural populations
Evolution at more than one locus
Quantitative genetics
A model of phenotypic evolution
Finite and structured populations
Evolution in structured populations
The evolution of prokaryotes
The evolution of the eukaryotic genome
The evolution of genetic systems. I. Sex and recombination
The evolution of genetic systems. II. Some consequences of sex
Macroevolution
Reconstructing evolutionary history
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