Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 1: Genetic and Biometric Foundations

by Sewall Wright

Overview

"Wright's views about population genetics and evolution are so fundamental and so comprehensive that every serious student must examine these books firsthand. . . . Publication of this treatise is a major event in evolutionary biology."-Daniel L. Hartl, BioScience

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226910383
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	06/15/1984
Series:	Genetic and Biometric Foundations Series
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Species and Subspecies

2. Effective Sizes of Local Populations

3. Genetic Variability in Natural Populations: Methods

4. Chromosome Polymorphisms

5. Deleterious Genes in Natural Populations

6. Conspicuous Polymorphisms

7. Biochemical Polymorphisms

8. Quantitative Variability in Nature

9. Variability within Human Population

10. Racial Differentiation in Mankind

11. Speciation

12. The Higher Categories

13. General Conclusions

Bibliography

Author Index
Subject Index