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Title

Evolutionary quantitative genetics / Derek A. Roff.

Author

Roff, Derek A., 1949-

Publication

New York : Chapman & Hall, [1997], ©1997.

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Description

xiii, 493 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• Focusing on issues relating to evolutionary biology and ecology, this important reference provides a comprehensive, up-to-date study of quantitative genetics. Coverage includes both topics necessary for a general understanding of quantitative genetic analyses and those associated with evolutionary processes in natural populations.
• With its unique emphasis on evolutionary issues, Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics will be an essential resource for ecologists and evolutionary biologists with an interest in genetics. In addition, geneticists and molecular biologists will benefit from the exhaustive, current coverage and the numerous references. Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics is written at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates or graduate students and for researchers in the field.

Subject

• Quantitative genetics
• Evolutionary genetics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-480) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Heritability -- Ch. 3. The Genetic Correlation -- Ch. 4. Directional Selection -- Ch. 5. Directional Selection and the Correlated Response -- Ch. 6. Phenotypic Plasticity and Reaction Norms -- Ch. 7. Sex-Related Effects on Quantitative Variation -- Ch. 8. Bottlenecks, Finite Populations, and Inbreeding -- Ch. 9. The Maintenance of Genetic Variation -- Ch. 10. A Summing Up.

ISBN

041212971X (alk. paper)

LCCN

96047079

OCLC

ocm35723723

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries