Genetical Structure Of Populations

Author : A. Jacquard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642884153

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The Genetic Structure of Populations by A. Jacquard Pdf

It is part of the ideology of science that it is an international enterprise, carried out by a community that knows no barriers of nation or culture. But the reality is somewhat different. Despite the best intentions of scientists to form a single community, unseparated by differences of national and political viewpoint, they are, in fact, separated by language. Scientific literature in German is not generally assimilated by French workers, nor that appearing in French by those whose native language is English. The problem appears to have become more severe since the last war, because the ascendance of the United States as the preeminent economic power led, in a time of big and expensive science, to a pre dominance of American scientific production and a growing tendency (at least among English-speakers) to regard English as the international language of science. International congresses and journals of world circulation have come more and more to take English as their standard or official language. As a result, students and scientific workers in the English speaking world have become more linguistically parochial than ever before and have been cut off from a considerable scientific literature. Population genetics has been no exception to the rule. The elegant and extremely innovative theoreticaI work of Malecot, for example, is only now being properly assimilated by population biologists outside France. It was therefore with some sense of frustration that I read Prof.

Author : François Rousset
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400847242

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Genetic Structure and Selection in Subdivided Populations (MPB-40) by François Rousset Pdf

Various approaches have been developed to evaluate the consequences of spatial structure on evolution in subdivided populations. This book is both a review and new synthesis of several of these approaches, based on the theory of spatial genetic structure. François Rousset examines Sewall Wright's methods of analysis based on F-statistics, effective size, and diffusion approximation; coalescent arguments; William Hamilton's inclusive fitness theory; and approaches rooted in game theory and adaptive dynamics. Setting these in a framework that reveals their common features, he demonstrates how efficient tools developed within one approach can be applied to the others. Rousset not only revisits classical models but also presents new analyses of more recent topics, such as effective size in metapopulations. The book, most of which does not require fluency in advanced mathematics, includes a self-contained exposition of less easily accessible results. It is intended for advanced graduate students and researchers in evolutionary ecology and population genetics, and will also interest applied mathematicians working in probability theory as well as statisticians.

Author : Albert Jacquard,B. Charlesworth,D. Charlesworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:248240881

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The Genetic Structure of Populations by Albert Jacquard,B. Charlesworth,D. Charlesworth Pdf

Author : Newton E. Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Genetics, population
ISBN : PSU:000005554324

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Genetic Structure of Populations by Newton E. Morton Pdf

Author : W.J. Ewens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 153 pages
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Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401033558

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Population Genetics by W.J. Ewens Pdf

Population genetics is the mathematical investigation of the changes in the genetic structure of populations brought about by selection, mutation, inbreeding, migration, and other phenomena, together with those random changes deriving from chance events. These changes are the basic components of evolutionary progress, and an understanding of their effect is therefore necessary for an informed discussion of the reasons for and nature of evolution. It would, however, be wrong to pretend that a mathematical theory, depending as it must on a large number of simplifying assump tions, should be accepted unreservedly and that its conclusions should be accepted uncritically. No-one would pretend that in the event of disagreement between observation and mathematical prediction, the discrepancy is due to anything other than the inadequacy of the mathematical treatment. The biological world is, of course, far too complex for the study of population genetics to be simply a branch of applied mathematics, so that while we are concerned here with the mathematical theory, I have tried to indicate which of our results should continue to apply in a context wider than that in which they are formally derived. The difficulties involved in the joint discussions of mathematical and genetical problems are obvious enough. I have tried to aim this book rather more at the mathematician than at the geneticist, and for this reason a brief glossary of common genetical terms is included.

Author : Kenneth Mather
Publisher : Halsted Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4456674

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Genetical Structure of Populations by Kenneth Mather Pdf

Author : Newton Ennis Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Human population genetics
ISBN : UCR:31210000289999

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Genetic Structure of Populations by Newton Ennis Morton Pdf

Author : Newton Ennis Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Population genetics
ISBN : OCLC:216596808

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Genetic Structure of Populations by Newton Ennis Morton Pdf

Author : C. Cannings
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1981-11-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 052123946X

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Genealogical Genetic Structure by C. Cannings Pdf

Although the long-term processes of evolution are selection and mutation, the infrastructure of a population is a no less important force in determining the distributions of genetic characteristics observable within populations. In small populations, and in particular in human populations, complex patterns of genealogical relationship between individuals can be an important factor in the maintenance of genetic variability. The aim of this book is to develop the quantitative theory of the interrelationship between the genealogical and the genetic structures of a population. Aspects of other structural features, such as migration patterns, are also discussed, but are not central to the development. There are three major aspects; each comprises two chapters of the text. First, genealogical relationships are characterized in a way which can illuminate their genetic consequences. Second, the evolutionary aspects of genealogical structure are developed. Finally, the last two chapters present methods of characterizing the complete structure of a genealogy, and of computing relevant parameters of genealogical structure; these topics are of relevance to genetic epidemiology as well as to population genetics.

Author : Susan Mopper,Sharon Y. Strauss
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475709048

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Genetic Structure and Local Adaptation in Natural Insect Populations by Susan Mopper,Sharon Y. Strauss Pdf

Providing an essential foundation for evolutionary theory, this comprehensive volume examines patterns of genetic variation within natural insect populations, and explores the underlying mechanisms that lead to the genetic divergence of coexisting organisms. In particular, the text investigates current research on finescale genetic structure in natural insect populations. Internationally renowned scientists offer a wealth of current information not previously published. Part I present case studies of adaptive genetic structure in natural insect populations, including a critical discussion of the strenghts and weaknesses of the experimental methods employed. Part II addresses the ecological mechanisms that produce adaptive genetic structure in natural insect populations. Part III describes how behavioral and life-history patterns influence genetic structure. Finally, Part IV combines theoretical and empirical approaches linking genetic structure at the population level with larger-scale patterns of variation, such as host race formation and speciation. This broad-ranging, interdisciplinary source of information supplies a thorough examination of the mechanisms that promote and impede genetic structure in natural insect populations. It is a book that will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, and to researchers in the fields of ecology, evolution, insect and plant systems, entomology, and population genetics.

Author : Motoo Kimura,Tomoko Ohta
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691210094

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Theoretical Aspects of Population Genetics. (MPB-4), Volume 4 by Motoo Kimura,Tomoko Ohta Pdf

To show the importance of stochastic processes in the change of gene frequencies, the authors discuss topics ranging from molecular evolution to two-locus problems in terms of diffusion models. Throughout their discussion, they come to grips with one of the most challenging problems in population genetics--the ways in which genetic variability is maintained in Mendelian populations. R.A. Fisher, J.B.S. Haldane, and Sewall Wright, in pioneering works, confirmed the usefulness of mathematical theory in population genetics. The synthesis their work achieved is recognized today as mathematical genetics, that branch of genetics whose aim is to investigate the laws governing the genetic structure of natural populations and, consequently, to clarify the mechanisms of evolution. For the benefit of population geneticists without advanced mathematical training, Professors Kimura and Ohta use verbal description rather than mathematical symbolism wherever practicable. A mathematical appendix is included.

Author : Gabriel Ward Lasker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521302852

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Surnames and Genetic Structure by Gabriel Ward Lasker Pdf

This book presents a lucid description and evaluation of these studies of the genetic structure of human populations.

Author : Michael H. Crawford,James H. Mielke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461567691

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Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics by Michael H. Crawford,James H. Mielke Pdf

This volume examines the interrelationship of ecology, subsistence pat terns, and the observed genetic variation in human populations. Hence, the book is divided conceptually into the following categories: nonhuman primates, hunters and gatherers, nomads, swidden agriculturalists, peas ant farmers, religious isolates, and modern and urban aggregates. While many of these populations have experienced (and are experiencing) ac culturation as a result of contact with technologically more advanced groups, the genetic structures described in this volume attempt to recon struct the traditional patterns as well as genetic changes because of con tact. Most chapters also integrate biological (genetic), social, and de mographic data within an ecological frame thus presenting a holistic view of the population structures of ecologically distinct groups. The first chapter examines the body of early nonhuman primate lit erature that emphasized ecological determinism in effecting the popula tion structure of our primate ancestors-relatives. It also examines more recent literature (since 1970) in which it became apparent that greater flexibility exists in primate social structure within specific environmental frameworks. Thus, it appears that our nonhuman primate evolutionary heritage is not one of ecological determinism in social organization but one of flexibility and rapid change suggesting the evolutionary success of our species is based upon a system of flexibility and that social ad aptations can be accomplished in a number of diverse ways.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309121941

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The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update Pdf

In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, this volume was brought to worldwide attention in the murder trial of celebrity O. J. Simpson. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence reports on developments in population genetics and statistics since the original volume was published. The committee comments on statements in the original book that proved controversial or that have been misapplied in the courts. This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic toolâ€"modifying some recommendations presented in the 1992 volume. The update addresses two major areas: Determination of DNA profiles. The committee considers how laboratory errors (particularly false matches) can arise, how errors might be reduced, and how to take into account the fact that the error rate can never be reduced to zero. Interpretation of a finding that the DNA profile of a suspect or victim matches the evidence DNA. The committee addresses controversies in population genetics, exploring the problems that arise from the mixture of groups and subgroups in the American population and how this substructure can be accounted for in calculating frequencies. This volume examines statistical issues in interpreting frequencies as probabilities, including adjustments when a suspect is found through a database search. The committee includes a detailed discussion of what its recommendations would mean in the courtroom, with numerous case citations. By resolving several remaining issues in the evaluation of this increasingly important area of forensic evidence, this technical update will be important to forensic scientists and population geneticistsâ€"and helpful to attorneys, judges, and others who need to understand DNA and the law. Anyone working in laboratories and in the courts or anyone studying this issue should own this book.

Author : Philip Hedrick
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780763757373

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Genetics of Populations by Philip Hedrick Pdf

The Fourth Edition of Genetics of Populations is the most current, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the field for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers in genetics, evolution, conservation, and related fields. In the past several years, interest in the application of population genetics principles to new molecular data has increased greatly, and Dr. Hedrick's new edition exemplifies his commitment to keeping pace with this dynamic area of study. Reorganized to allow students to focus more sharply on key material, the Fourth Edition integrates coverage of theoretical issues with a clear presentation of experimental population genetics and empirical data. Drawing examples from both recent and classic studies, and using a variety of organisms to illustrate the vast developments of population genetics, this text provides students and researchers with the most comprehensive resource in the field.