An Introduction to Population Genetics Theory James F. Crow, Motoo Kimura
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Without genetic variation, populations do not change . One of the biggest problems in evolutionary biology is the maintenance of genetic variation in populations. Neutral theory states that most evolutionary changes are the result of random drift of neutral mutants. But I just had Each individual piece in a genre represents a different organism in a population- each slightly different from each other (genetic variation), but sharing musical elements (traits) that allow us to classify the piece in a certain genre (species). There's some mention of outstanding Note: This second edition has "grown by about 20 percent the introduction of more material on stochastic processes in evolution, a new section on genetic load theory, and a new chapter on two-locus theory. I'm getting an overdose of genetic theory this semester, and am loving it. Population genetics is a theory-laden subject, based entirely on neo-Darwinian assumptions. Gillespie doesn't treat the history of population genetics himself, but finding and reading these papers — not all, unfortunately, freely available online — gives a good feel for how the theory was developed. Genetic mapping, linkage analysis, evolution – the whole works. Theory exploring the development and constraints on various traits is important: behavior may act differently from morphological/anatomical traits, for example. Luskin and Gauger have In any serious, introductory discussion of junk DNA I'd expect to see Ohno's 1972 paper introducing the concept of junk DNA referenced, and Ohno's argument discussed. These assumptions, combined The "neo-Darwinian assumptions" both Gauger and Luskin squawk about refer to the modern theory of evolution. Genetic variation and sexual selection: an introduction to my research.