Principles of Population Genetics - Hardcover

Hartl, Daniel L.; Clark, Andrew G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878933026 ISBN 13: 9780878933020

Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S., 1989

Synopsis

This work gives a presentation of theory and observation for students at the undergraduate and graduate level. It introduces the principles of genetics and statistics that are relevant to population studies, and examines the forces affecting genetic variation from the molecular to the organismic level. Integrated throughout the book are descriptions of molecular and other methods used to study natural populations as well as theory using actual data. Applications of the principles discussed are illustrated by worked examples.

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Review

It is a pleasure to read this new edition of a classical textbook on population genetics. It shows very convincingly how population genetics has been revamped in the past twenty years by the introduction of new statistical and computational methods (in particular, coalescent theory), and the advent of genomic data, as well as how these developments changed a formerly rather arcane science and moved it toward the center of modern biology. In summary, the essence of population genetics is nicely condensed in this book. The presentation is wonderfully balanced between theory and observation, as well as classical and recent data sets and analysis tools. (Wolfgang Stephan, The Quarterly Review of Biology)

From the Publisher

Contents:
(in brief)

Genetic and Statistical Background

Genetic and Phenotypic Variation

Organization of Genetic Variation

Population Substructure

Sources of Variation

Darwinian Selection

Random Genetic Drift

Molecular Population Genetics

Quantitative Genetics

Edition details

• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878933026
• ISBN 13: 9780878933020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 642