The Evolution of Population Biology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521814375 ISBN 13: 9780521814379

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This 2004 collection of essays deals with the foundation and historical development of population biology and its relationship to population genetics and population ecology on the one hand and to the rapidly growing fields of molecular quantitative genetics, genomics and bioinformatics on the other. Such an interdisciplinary treatment of population biology has never been attempted before. The volume is set in a historical context, but it has an up-to-date coverage of material in various related fields. The areas covered are the foundation of population biology, life history evolution and demography, density and frequency dependent selection, recent advances in quantitative genetics and bioinformatics, evolutionary case history of model organisms focusing on polymorphisms and selection, mating system evolution and evolution in the hybrid zones, and applied population biology including conservation, infectious diseases and human diversity. This is the third of three volumes published in honour of Richard Lewontin.

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About the Authors

Rama Singh is Professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University, Ontario.

Marcy Uyenoyama is Professor in the Department of Biology at Duke University, North Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521814375
• ISBN 13: 9780521814379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 492
• Editor: Singh Rama S., Uyenoyama Marcy K.