Population Genetics

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3277-0
Verlag: WILEY

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 222 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 1326 g

Die Populationsgenetik erforscht mittels mathematischer Modelle die Einflüsse, die in Spezies zu genetischer Varianz führen. Hamilton bietet Studierenden hier einen verständlich aufbereiteten Zugang zu den Grundlagen, weiterführenden Konzepten und Methoden der Forschung.

Zielgruppe

This text is designed for a full one-term course on population genetics at the level of the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate student. The undergraduates would be students who are majoring in biology or genetics and are seeking a second course (after genetics) to expand their knowledge in population and evolutionary biology. First year graduate students in ecology and evolutionary biology and agricultural genetics as well as some students in molecular biology and population-oriented medical genetics frequently complete such a course.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamilton, Matthew

Hamilton, Matthew B.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Thinking like a population geneticist

2. Genotype frequencies

3. Genetic drift and effective population size

4. Population structure and gene flow

5. Mutation

6. Fundamentals of natural selection

7. Further models of natural selection

8. Molecular evolution

9. Quantitative trait variation and evolution

10. The Mendelian basis of quantitative trait variation

11. Historical and synthetic topics

Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew B. Hamilton teaches population genetics, evolutionary processes, and similar undergraduate and graduate courses at Georgetown University. He conducts research on the processes that shape genetic variation within species using molecular genetic markers as well as predictive mathematical models.