Ecological genetics / David J. Merrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merrell, David J. (David John)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecological genetics.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ecological Genetics was first published in 1981. Population genetics and population ecology originally developed independently, but are now merging into a discipline known as ecological genetics. Thus far, the union has been an uneasy one, and this book is an effort to further the union. The ecological geneticist is an experimental naturalist, concerned not just with the distribution and abundance of populations but with their genetic compositions as well. The methodology involves field and laboratory research and permits study of the ways that natural populations adapt to their physical and b

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1 The Nature of Ecological Genetics; Chapter 2 Adaptation; Chapter 3 Biological Variation; Chapter 4 Mutation; Chapter 5 Natural Selection; Chapter 6 Balanced Polymorphism; Chapter 7 Polymorphism and Population Dynamics; Chapter 8 Genetic Loads; Chapter 9 Chromosomal Polymorphism; Chapter 10 Random Genetic Drift; Chapter 11 Migration and Gene Flow; Chapter 12 The Origin of Races; Chapter 13 Neutralist vs. Selectionist; Chapter 14 The Species Concept; Chapter 15 The Origin of Species; Chapter 16 Competition; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5520-0

1-4356-0618-3

OCLC:

182732611