Population Genetics

Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible introduction to the concepts of population genetics. Combining traditional conceptual approaches with classical hypotheses and debates, the book equips students to understand a wide array of empirical studies that are based on the first principles of population genetics.Featuring a highly accessible introduction to coalescent theory, as well as covering the major conceptual advances in population genetics of the last two decades, the second edition now also includes end of chapter problem sets and revised coverage of recombination in the coalescent model, metapopulation extinction and recolonization, and the fixation index.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Hamilton, Matthew B Hamilton, Matthew B. Hamilton, Mb Hamilton
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2021
• EAN: 9781118436943
• ISBN: 978-1-118-43694-3
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 223 mm x 286 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Evolutionsbiologie, Genetik, Life Sciences, Humangenetik, Biowissenschaften, Naturschutzbiologie, Evolution (Biol.), Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Conservation Science