Evolutionary Genetics

From Molecules to Morphology
Herausgeber: Singh, Rama S.; Singh, R. S.; Krimbas, Costas B.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book brings out the central role of evolutionary genetics in all aspects of its connection to evolutionary biology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 724
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1156g
• ISBN-13: 9780521100809
• ISBN-10: 0521100801
• Artikelnr.: 25585570

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface Rama Singh and Costas Krimbas; Part A.
Population Genetics: Problems, Foundations and Historical Perspectives:
Introduction Costas Krimbas; 1. The problem of population genetics Richard
Lewontin; The mathematical foundations of population genetics W. J. Ewens;
3. A natural historian's view of heterosis and related topics Bruce
Wallace; 4. The molecular foundation of population genetics Rama Singh,
Walter Eanes, Donal Hickey, Margaret Riley, Lynn King; Part B. Molecular
Variation and Evolution: Introduction Marty Kreitman; 5. Population
genetics and evolutionary genetics of codon bias Marty Kreitman and Marcos
Antezana; 6. Gene conversion is a major determinant of genetic diversity at
the DNA level Andrew Berry and Antonio Barbadilla; 7. Evidence for
balancing, directional, and background selection in molecular evolution
Steve Schaeffer and Montse Aguade; Part C. Selection and Genetic
Polymorphisms: Introduction Phil Hedrick and Tim Prout; 8. Aspects of
fitness Freddy Christiansen and Tim Prout; 9. Opposing selection Tim Prout;
10. Analysis of selection in laboratory and field populations Einar Arnason
and Stuart Barker; 11. Genetics of complex polymorphisms: parasites and
maintenance of the MHC variation Phil Hedrick and Timothy Kim; 12. The
population biology of antibiotic resistance Bruce Levin; Part D. Linkage,
Breeding Systems and Evolution: Introduction Ian Franklin; 13. The
equilibrium theory of one and two locus systems Ian Franklin and Marty
Feldman; 14. Inversion polymorphisms in Drosophila Costas Krimbas and Jeff
Powell; 15. The evolution of breeding systems Marcy Uyenoyama; 16. The
evolution of sex and recombination Donal Hickey; Part E. Quantitative
Genetics and Phenotypic Evolution: Introduction Richard Frankham; 17.
Quantitative genetics and phenotypic evolution Russell Lande; 18. Nature of
quantitative genetic variation Richard Frankham and Kenneth Weber; 19. The
maintenance of genetic variation in life history traits Brian Charlesworth
and Kim Hughes; 20. Population genetics and life-history evolution Lloyd
Demetrius; Part F. Gene Flow, Population Structure and Evolution:
Introduction Monty Slatkin; 21. A coalescent view of the population
structure Monty Slatkin; 22. Population genetics and evolution of animal
mitochondrial DNA E. Zouros and David Rand; 23. Genetic structure and
evolution in parthenogenetic animals Dave Parker and Monica Niklasson; 24.
Genetic structure of prokaryotic populations Fred Cohan; Part G. Population
genetics and speciation: Introduction Rama Singh; 25. Sexual selection in
populations: the facts require a change in the genetic definition of the
species Hampton Carson; 26. The role of selection in speciation Judith
Masters; 27. The evolutionary genetics of speciation Jerry Coyne and Allen
Orr; 28. Toward a unified theory of speciation Rama Singh; Part H.
Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Introduction Subodh Jain; 29. From
population genetics to evolutionary genetics: a view through the trees
Joseph Felsenstein; 30. Attitudes to animal behaviour John Maynard Smith;
31. The evolution of social behaviour Deborah Gordon; 32. Population
genetics and evolutionary ecology: a progress report Subodh Jain; Index.