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Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits (Hardcover)
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Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits (Hardcover)
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Quantitative traits-be they morphological or physiological
characters, aspects of behavior, or genome-level features such as
the amount of RNA or protein expression for a specific gene-usually
show considerable variation within and among populations.
Quantitative genetics, also referred to as the genetics of complex
traits, is the study of such characters and is based on
mathematical models of evolution in which many genes influence the
trait and in which non-genetic factors may also be important.
Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits presents a holistic
treatment of the subject, showing the interplay between theory and
data with extensive discussions on statistical issues relating to
the estimation of the biologically relevant parameters for these
models. Quantitative genetics is viewed as the bridge between
complex mathematical models of trait evolution and real-world data,
and the authors have clearly framed their treatment as such. This
is the second volume in a planned trilogy that summarizes the
modern field of quantitative genetics, informed by empirical
observations from wide-ranging fields (agriculture, evolution,
ecology, and human biology) as well as population genetics,
statistical theory, mathematical modeling, genetics, and genomics.
Whilst volume 1 (1998) dealt with the genetics of such traits, the
main focus of volume 2 is on their evolution, with a special
emphasis on detecting selection (ranging from the use of genomic
and historical data through to ecological field data) and examining
its consequences.
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