The Evolution of Population Biology

Rama S Singh editor Marcy K Uyenoyama editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Jun '09

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This 2004 collection of essays considers the foundation and historical development of population biology.

This 2004 collection of essays deals with the foundation and historical development of population biology and its relationship to population genetics and population ecology on the one hand and to the rapidly growing fields of molecular quantitative genetics, genomics and bioinformatics on the other. Published in honour of Richard Lewontin.This 2004 collection of essays deals with the foundation and historical development of population biology and its relationship to population genetics and population ecology on the one hand and to the rapidly growing fields of molecular quantitative genetics, genomics and bioinformatics on the other. Such an interdisciplinary treatment of population biology has never been attempted before. The volume is set in a historical context, but it has an up-to-date coverage of material in various related fields. The areas covered are the foundation of population biology, life history evolution and demography, density and frequency dependent selection, recent advances in quantitative genetics and bioinformatics, evolutionary case history of model organisms focusing on polymorphisms and selection, mating system evolution and evolution in the hybrid zones, and applied population biology including conservation, infectious diseases and human diversity. This is the third of three volumes published in honour of Richard Lewontin.

'… will become required reading on undergraduate and graduate reading lists, as well as for researchers active in the field.' Biologist
'… an important milestone on the long way to major synthesis in our understanding of evolutionary population biology.' Folia Geobotanica

ISBN: 9780521112116

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm

Weight: 720g

492 pages