Elements of Evolutionary Genetics

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9815194-2-5
Verlag: Macmillan Learning

Buch, Englisch, 768 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1728 g

This textbook shows readers how models of the genetic processes involved in evolution are made (including natural selection, migration, mutation, and genetic drift in finite populations), and how the models are used to interpret classical and molecular genetic data.

The material is intended for advanced level undergraduate courses in genetics and evolutionary biology, graduate students in evolutionary biology and human genetics, and researchers in related fields who wish to learn evolutionary genetics. The topics covered include genetic variation, DNA sequence variability and its measurement, the different types of natural selection and their effects (e.g. the maintenance of variation, directional selection, and adaptation), the interactions between selection and mutation or migration, the description and analysis of variation at multiple sites in the genome, genetic drift, and the effects of spatial structure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charlesworth, Brian

Charlesworth, Deborah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Variability and its measurement.- 2. Basic selection theory and the maintenance of variation.- 3. Directional selection and adaptation.- 4. Migration, mutation and selection.- 5. The evolutionary effects of finite population size: basic theory.- 6. Molecular evolution and variation.- 7. Genetic effects of spatial structure.- 8. Multiple sites and loci.- 9. The evolution of breeding systems, sex ratios and life histories.- 10. Some Topics in Genome Evolution.- Mathematical and Statistical Appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

Brian and Deborah Charlesworth obtained PhDs in genetics at the University of Cambridge, and have subsequently worked at the Universities of Liverpool, Sussex, Chicago, and Edinburgh. They are the authors of Evolution: A Very Short Introduction, a book for the general public. Brian is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Deborah is a Fellow of the Royal Society. Both currently work on questions in population genetics, molecular and genome evolution, and also on mating system evolution.