Mathematical Evolutionary Theory (eBook)

Marcus Feldman (Autor)

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2014
352 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5983-2 (ISBN)

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An international group of distinguished scientists presents an up-to-date survey of quantitative problems at the forefront of modern evolutionary theory. Their articles illustrate results from the latest research in population and behavioral genetics, molecular evolution, and ecology. Each author gives careful attention to the exposition of the models, the logic of their analysis, and the legitimacy of qualitative biological inferences. The topics covered include stochastic models of finite populations and the sorts of diffusion approximations that are valid for their study, models of migration, kin selection, geneculture coevolution, sexual selection, life-history evolution, the statistics of linkage disequilibrium, and the molecular evolution of repeated DNA sequences and the HLA system in humans.The fourteen contributions are presented in two sections: Part I, Stochastic and Deterministic Genetic Theory, and Part II, Behavior, Ecology, and Evolutionary Genetics. Marcus W. Feldman provides an introduction to each part. The contributors are J. G. Bodmer, W. F. Bodmer, L. L. Cavalli Sforza, F. B. Christiansen, C. Cockerham, W. J. Ewens, M. W. Feldman, J. H. Gillespie, R. R. Hudson, N. L. Kaplan, S. Lessard, U. Liberman, M.E.N. Majerus, P. O'Donald, J. Roughgarden, S. Tavar, M. K. Uyenoyama, G. A. Watterson, and B. Weir.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Additive model • Allele • Asymptotic Distribution • Asymptotic theory (statistics) • Autoregressive model • Bernoulli trial • Bias of an estimator • birth process • Calculation • Centimorgan • chi-squared distribution • Chi-squared test • Coefficient of relationship • compound Poisson distribution • Correlation and dependence • Dummy variable (statistics) • Effective population size • epistasis • error • estimation • Eugenics • Evolution • Evolutionary pressure • Evolution of dominance • expected value • extreme value theory • Fecundity • female • Fitness (biology) • fitness function • Gamete • Gene • gene conversion • Gene Frequency • Generalized extreme value distribution • genetic association • genetic drift • Genetic Linkage • genetic variability • genetic variance • Genotype • geometric distribution • group selection • haplotype • Hardy–Weinberg principle • Heritability • Histocompatibility • Inbreeding • inference • introgression • Isolation by distance • John H. Gillespie • Joint probability distribution • kin selection • Lactose • larva • linear regression • Linkage Disequilibrium • margin of error • Markov Chain • Markov process • mate choice • mating • Mendelian Inheritance • monoclonal antibody • Monte Carlo Method • mutation rate • Natural selection • Normal distribution • Optimality criterion • Pairwise comparison • Phenotype • Poisson distribution • Polymorphism (biology) • Polymorphism, Genetic • Population Genetics • Population Size • power law • Probability • Probability Distribution • Random Variable • Rate of Convergence • Reproductive success • Reproductive value (population genetics) • result • Ronald Fisher • Selection coefficient • selfing • Sex Ratio • Sexual Selection • Special case • Stable distribution • stationary distribution • Statistical population • test statistic • Variance • Vestigiality • Wahlund effect • Weighted arithmetic mean • zygosity
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5983-2 / 1400859832
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5983-2 / 9781400859832