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Population Genetics: A Concise Guide
John H. Gillespie
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Description for Population Genetics: A Concise Guide
Hardback. This book is indispensable for students working in a laboratory setting or studying free-ranging populations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 54, 54 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801880087
SKU
V9780801880087
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About John H. Gillespie
John H. Gillespie is a professor of evolution at the University of California, Davis.
Reviews for Population Genetics: A Concise Guide
"John Gillespie has done the near-impossible, condensing the essence of population genetics into a very short book. The result is a little gem. The derivations are simple and clear, and often strikingly original. The minor gaps in the first edition are filled by this equally concise second edition. Population genetics is a complicated subject; only a person of Gillespie's depth ... Read more