Theories of population variation in genes and genomes

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christiansen, Freddy Bugge
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, Oxford Princeton University Press 2008
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • This textbook provides an authoritative introduction to both classical and coalescent approaches to population genetics. Written for graduate students and advanced undergraduates by one of the world's leading authorities in the field, the book focuses on the theoretical background of population genetics, while emphasizing the close interplay between theory and empiricism. Traditional topics such as genetic and phenotypic variation, mutation, migration, and linkage are covered and advanced by contemporary coalescent theory, which describes the genealogy of genes in a population, ultimately connecting them to a single common ancestor. Effects of selection, particularly genomic effects, are discussed with reference to molecular genetic variation. The book is designed for students of population genetics, bioinformatics, evolutionary biology, molecular evolution, and theoretical biology
  • as well as biologists, molecular biologists, breeders, biomathematicians, and biostatisticians.