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A great collection.
My only regret is that I had entered the field of evolutionary biology too late to have met Kimura.Although the neutral theory has perhaps had the most ranging effect, I would rather place his work with diffusion models ashis most important contribution.This collection puts together thebeautiful diffusion papers written by Kimura on the subjects of fixationprobability, quantitative genetics and more -- including the hard-to-getwork in Applied Probability!One of the most valued books in mycollection. ... Read more

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Population Genetics of Multiple Loci F. B. Christiansen University of Aarhus, Denmark "This is a very beautiful and powerful study of an area that Christiansen has dominated for many years." - Marcus Feldman, Stanford University, USA Population genetics thrives on the constant interaction between theoretical and empirical knowledge. In the first instance, population genetics was developed using one-locus, two-allele models for genetic variation. The simplicity of these models opened up theoretical developments in population and evolutionary genetics to biologists without specialist training in mathematics. Population genetics of multi-allelic loci is more complex and requires more mathematical insight, and its study is predominantly undertaken by mathematical biologists. Traditional formulations of multi-locus theory do not simplify by assuming two alleles per locus. In this elegant presentation the author provides a formulation of multi-locus population genetics that retains the simplicity of two-allele models.
* Provides an accessible and natural extension of classical population genetics to multiple loci
* Exposes the population genetic aspects of sexual reproduction
* Describes the complexity of evolutionary interactions among genes
* Provides the background for insight into the functioning of genetic algorithms applied in computer science
* Written by a world leader in the field
The book is divided into two main sections. Part I - Recombination and Segregation - includes coverage of random mating, inbreeding, migration and mixing. Part II - Selection - covers numerous phenomena involving natural selection including viability, fertility, mutation and migration. The author has successfully presented the theory in a way that is intelligible to anyone with a reasonably good background in basic mathematics and is devoted to learning multiple loci population genetics. The text is primarily aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers interested in genetics and population biology. It is also essential reading for those working or researching in biomathematics and adaptive computing. ... Read more

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One of the major themes of human population genetics isassaying genetic variation in human populations. The ultimate goal ofthis objective is to understand the extent of genetic diversity andthe use of this knowledge to reconstruct our evolutionary history. Thediscipline had undergone a revolutionary transition with the advent ofmolecular techniques in the 1980s. With this shift, statisticalmethods have also been developed to perceive the biological andmolecular basis of human genetic variation. Using the new perspectives gained during the above transition, thisvolume describes the applications of molecular markers spanning theautosomal, Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial genome in the analysis ofhuman diversity in contemporary populations. This is the firstreference book of its kind to bring together data from these diversesets of markers for understanding evolutionary histories andrelationships of modern humans in a single volume. ... Read more

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Population genetics is the study of the allele frequency distribution and change under the influence of the four evolutionary forces: natural selection, genetic drift, mutation and gene flow. It also takes account of population subdivision and population structure in space. This book presents the latest research in the field from around the globe. ... Read more

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Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. This statement is an apt motto for the lifework of Theodosius Dobzhansky, whom Stephen Jay Gould has called "the greatest evolutionary geneticist of our times." Between 1937 and 1975, the year of his death, Dobzhansky and twenty-two of his collaborators published forty-three papers in a series called "The Genetics of Natural Populations." Taken as a whole, the series is perhaps the most important single corpus in modern evolutionary genetics.

Dobzhansky's Genetics of Natural Populations, I-XLIII reproduces these forty-three articles. Because three of the four editor's of this volume are former students and long-time collaborators of Dobzhansky, they are able to set these important papers in critical perspective. The editors briefly evaluate the totality of Dobzhansky's work and summarize the views expressed in the series -- including the historic development of Dobzhansky's ideas on genetic variation. Critical comments illuminate the relationship of the papers to each other and to Dobzhansky's other work. In addition, the editors discuss the role of Dobzhansky's interaction with Alfred Sturtevant and Sewall Wright.

In particular, the book features Dobzhansky's pioneering field studies ofDrosophila pseudoobscura, which were critical in the formulation of some of his most important conclusions about the genetic structure of populations and, more broadly, about the way evolution works.

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This important title encompasses features of genetic processes in complexly organised population systems of salmonids, one of the most commercially valuable families of fish worldwide. Translated from the original work in Russian, the authors have taken the opportunity to update and revise the work, much of it appearing in the English language for the first time.

Covering such important concepts as optimal gene diversity and the unfavourable influence of fishery and hatchery reproduction on the genetic structure of salmon populations, the authors have drawn together a huge wealth of information that will form the cornerstone of much new work in the future.

The authors of Salmonid Fishes have between them many years of research experience and practical knowledge in the area and the English translation of this important work, which has been edited by Professor John Thorpe and Professor Gary Carvalho, provides vital information for all those involved in salmonid management, exploitation and conservation, including fish biologists, fisheries managers, conservation and population biologists, ecologists and geneticists. ... Read more

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Since the first publication of Population Genetics and Fishery Management in 1987, significant technological, analytical and conceptual changes have occurred in the topic area of this book, but a demand for this book has persisted. Colleagues who have encouraged this reprinting have said that by explaining basic population genetics in a fisheries context, the book continues to serve as an excellent starting point for approaching complex recent developments.This book grew out of a series of lectures by Dr. Nils Ryman (Stockholm University) on genetics and fisheries management. Together with Dr. Fred Utter (U.S. National Marine Fisheries Services), they have edited contributions from 24 authors from four continents. The editors deliberately chose contributing authors who are primarily geneticists rather than fisheries managers with the intention of encouraging the application of the principles of population genetics to fisheries management. ... Read more

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The objective of this book is to review the impact of genetic variation on risk of human disease at the different major levels of organization: cells, individuals, families, and populations.The volume begins with a discussion of sources and rates of mutation which ultimately give rise to the vast amount of extant genetic variation. This is followed by presentations of current understanding of how genetic variation is maintained within and among populations. The volume ends with discussions of the implications of such variation for understanding the evolution of our species.This collection gives an unusually broad treatment of the subject, with chapters from some of the leading workers in the field. James Neel's chapter on human consanguinity effects and M. Otake's on the genetic effects of radiation associated with the dropping of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs should be singled out for special emphasis.As an up-to-date overview of ongoing research, this work will be of interest to a wide range of workers in the fields of human population genetics, evolution, and epidemiology. ... Read more

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Using an interdisciplinary approach, the authors provide anadaptionist interpretation of the basic features of recombination,its evolutionary significance as a key process in reproduction andits importance in genetic mapping. The book synthesizes much recentinformation in the fields of evloutionary genetics of recombination,the analysis of genetic markers and breeding applications. Theauthors analyse recombination through a consideration of computermodels, large Drosophila populations and an empirical approach tocurrent theories. Practically-orientated readers will be interestedin the discussion of a wide spectrum of mapping methods and the newalgorithms proposed for genetic mapping of quantitative loci. ... Read more