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Population Genetics
W. J. Ewens
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Description for Population Genetics
Paperback. Series: Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability (Closed). Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAJ; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 309 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability (Closed)
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401033572
SKU
V9789401033572
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