Population Genetics :A Concise Guide

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Population Genetics

Population Genetics :A Concise Guide

4.31 (71 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 7 September, 2004
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This concise introduction offers students and researchers an overview of the discipline that connects genetics and evolution. Addressing the theories behind population genetics and relevant empirical evidence, John Gillespie discusses genetic drift, natural selection, nonrandom mating, quantitative genetics, and the evolutionary advantage of sex. First published to wide acclaim in 1998, this brilliant primer has been updated to include new sections on molecular evolution, genetic drift, genetic load, the stationary distribution, and two-locus dynamics. This book is indispensable for students working in a laboratory setting or studying free-ranging populations.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780801880087
ISBN10 0801880084
Number Of Pages 232
Item Weight 454 g
Product Dimensions 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Publisher / Reseller Johns Hopkins University Press
Format hardback
Edition second edition
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"John Gillespie has done the near-impossible, condensing the essence of population genetics into a very short book. The result is a little gem. The derivations are simple and clear, and often strikingly original. The minor gaps in the first edition are filled by this equally concise second edition. Population genetics is a complicated subject; only a person of Gillespie's depth of knowledge and insight could simplify without distorting." - James F. Crow, author of Genetics Notes "The book is coherently and logically structured and covers all the most important and incontrovertible aspects of population genetics... I recommend this as a good introductory book that can be used in both undergraduate and graduate courses." - Heredity "A well-developed, thoughtful, and classic book that has been tested and improved through many years in the classroom... A 'must' for anyone interested in plant or animal genetics." - Choice"

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Author's Bio

John H. Gillespie is a professor of evolution at the University of California, Davis.

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