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Mathematics of genetic diversity / J.F.C. Kingman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kingman, J. F. C. (John Frank Charles)
- Series:
- CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 34.
- CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 34
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population genetics--Mathematics.
- Population genetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 70 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104), 1980.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Contents:
- The problem: Why mathematics?
- Genes and their inheritance; Selection; Mutation
- Survival of the fittest: Balanced polymorphisms; Multi-locus selection; Balance between selection and mutation; The house of cards; The diploid house of cards; The resistance of polymorphisms to mutation
- The neutral alternative: Evolution in the absence of selection; A general model for mutation in finite populations; The random walk case; The frequency spectrum; The Ewens sampling formula; The Poisson-Dirichlet distribution; Partition structures; Testing neutrality
- Selection in finite populations: Deleterious mutants; The Wright-Fisher model; Wright's formula; The infinite Alleles limit.
- Notes:
- "Sponsored by Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70).
- Title from title screen, viewed 04/05/2011.
- ISBN:
- 1-61197-035-0
- Publisher Number:
- CB34 SIAM
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