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Charles Fox and Jason Wolf have brought together leading researchers to produce a cutting-edge primer introducing readers to the major concepts in modern evolutionary genetics. This book spans the continuum of scale, from studies of DNA sequence evolution through proteins and development to multivariate phenotypic evolution, and the continuum of time, from ancient events that lead to current species diversity to the rapid evolution seen over relatively short time scales in experimental evolution studies. Chapters are accessible to an audience lacking extensive background in evolutionaryy genetics but also current and in-depth enough to be of value to established researchers in evolution biology.

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Author:   Charles W. Fox (Department of Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington) ,  Jason B. Wolf (Lecturer and School Biostatistician, Faculty of Life Sciences, Lecturer and School Biostatistician, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 25.40cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:  

9780195168174

ISBN 10:   0195168178
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   27 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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If you are a professor or established researcher, buy this book, show it to your students and start a reading group about the various chapters. If you are a postdoc or Ph.D.-student, buy this book, show it to your advisors and start a reading group about the various chapters. I can guarantee that you will learn a lot and get many new insights. -- Erik I. Svensson, Animal Biology, Vol. 57, No. 3 Impressive compendium of essays ... I encourage evolutionary biologists of all stripes to read it. --BioScience Evolutionary genetics is an ever-expanding field that treats the fundamental processes of evolution, and so lies at the core of evolutionary biology. Professors Fox and Wolf have convinced many leading international authorities to join them in a comprehensive introduction to the many aspects of evolutionary genetics. Students should find the resulting collection an ideal entry into their studies of evolution. --Douglas J. Futuyma, Distinguished Professor, Departmen

If you are a professor or established researcher, buy this book, show it to your students and start a reading group about the various chapters. If you are a postdoc or Ph.D.-student, buy this book, show it to your advisors and start a reading group about the various chapters. I can guarantee that you will learn a lot and get many new insights. -- Erik I. Svensson, Animal Biology, Vol. 57, No. 3<br> Impressive compendium of essays ... I encourage evolutionary biologists of all stripes to read it. --BioScience<br>

<br> If you are a professor or established researcher, buy this book, show it to your students and start a reading group about the various chapters. If you are a postdoc or Ph.D.-student, buy this book, show it to your advisors and start a reading group about the various chapters. I can guarantee that you will learn a lot and get many new insights. -- Erik I. Svensson, Animal Biology, Vol. 57, No. 3<br> Impressive compendium of essays ... I encourage evolutionary biologists of all stripes to read it. --BioScience<br>

Author Information

Charles Fox is an evolutionary ecologist who uses quantitative genetic approaches to study evolution and adaptation of ecologically important traits. He has coedited two previous books for Oxford University Press, Maternal Effects as Adaptations (1998) and Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies (2001). Jason Wolf is an evolutionary geneticist who integrates empirical and theoretical quantitative and population genetics to study the evolution of complex traits. He coedited Epistasis and the Evolutionary Process (2000).

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