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A primer of molecular population genetics / Asher D. Cutter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cutter, Asher D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population genetics.
- Molecular population biology.
- Genetics, Population.
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Genetic Variation.
- Selection, Genetic.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetics, Population.
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Genetic Variation.
- Selection, Genetic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- What are the genomic signatures of adaptations in DNA? How often does natural selection dictate changes to DNA? How does the ebb and flow in the abundance of individuals over time get marked onto chromosomes to record genetic history? Molecular population genetics seeks to answer such questions by explaining genetic variation and molecular evolution from micro-evolutionary principles. It provides a way to learn about how evolution works and how it shapes species by incorporating molecular details of DNA as the heritable material. It enables us to understand the logic of how mutations originate, change in abundance in populations, and become fixed as DNA sequence divergence between species. This title provides a concise, accessible introduction to the principle ideas, methods, and caveats for understanding evolution at the molecular level.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 8, 2019).
- This edition also issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-187482-5
- 0-19-257554-6
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