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Quantitative Genetics in the Wild (Paperback)
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Quantitative Genetics in the Wild (Paperback)
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Although the field of quantitative genetics - the study of the
genetic basis of variation in quantitative characteristics such as
body size, or reproductive success - is almost 100 years old, its
application to the study of evolutionary processes in wild
populations has expanded greatly over the last few decades. During
this time, the use of 'wild quantitative genetics' has provided
insights into a range of important questions in evolutionary
ecology, ranging from studies conducting research in
well-established fields such as life-history theory, behavioural
ecology and sexual selection, to others addressing relatively new
issues such as populations' responses to climate change or the
process of senescence in natural environments. Across these fields,
there is increasing appreciation of the need to quantify the
genetic - rather than just the phenotypic - basis and diversity of
key traits, the genetic basis of the associations between traits,
and the interaction between these genetic effects and the
environment. This research activity has been fuelled by
methodological advances in both molecular genetics and statistics,
as well as by exciting results emerging from laboratory studies of
evolutionary quantitative genetics, and the increasing availability
of suitable long-term datasets collected in natural populations,
especially in animals. Quantitative Genetics in the Wild is the
first book to synthesize the current level of knowledge in this
exciting and rapidly-expanding area. This comprehensive volume also
offers exciting perspectives for future studies in emerging areas,
including the application of quantitative genetics to plants or
arthropods, unraveling the molecular basis of variation in
quantitative traits, or estimating non-additive genetic variance.
Since this book deals with many fundamental questions in
evolutionary ecology, it should be of interest to graduate,
post-graduate students, and academics from a wide array of fields
such as animal behaviour, ecology, evolution, and genetics.
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