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Evolution and the genetics of populations, a treatise.
Van Pelt Library QH431 .W79 v.1 v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Sewall, 1889-1988.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population genetics.
- Evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1968-78].
- Summary:
- In Volume 4 Wright analyzes variability observed within and among local populations of species and considers the implications for the evolutionary process. Beginning with a consideration of the current definition of species and subspecies, the author examines the factors that control population size and describes population structures by means of F-statistics.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Genetic and biometric foundations.
- v. 2. The theory of gene frequencies.
- v. 3. Experimental results and evolutionary deductions.
- v. 4. Variability within and among natural populations.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: volume 1, pages [432]-456.
- ISBN:
- 0226910504
- OCLC:
- 551234
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