An Introduction to Population Genetics: Theory and Applications - Hardcover

Nielsen, Rasmus; Slatkin, Montgomery

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605351539 ISBN 13: 9781605351537

Publisher: OUP USA, 2013

Synopsis

This book covers both classical population genetics theory developed in terms of allele and haplotype frequencies and modern population genetics theory developed in terms of coalescent theory. It features applications of theory to problems that arise in the study of human and other populations and assumes little prior knowledge of mathematics.

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Review

This book is the first textbook I have encountered that takes the coalescent as an integrated, normal aspect of modern population genetics. For anyone wanting to teach this subject, or indeed learn it, Nielsen and Slatkin's recent book presents a refreshingly modern synthesis. (Julia Sigwart, Systematic Biology)

Overall, An Introduction to Population Genetics: Theory and Applications will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any aspiring biology student. This is an ideal textbook for a short semester or quarter-long population genetics course, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. Furthermore, practicing geneticists and bioinformaticians would benefit from the taste of population genetics that this volume offers. (Joseph Lachance, The Quarterly Review of Biology)

Book Description

This new book presents both classical and modern population genetics theory and features numerous applications of theory with the mathematical background is provided in the appendices

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1605351539
• ISBN 13: 9781605351537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304