A primer of molecular population genetics /
What are the genomic signatures of adaptations in DNA? How often does natural selection dictate changes to DNA? How does the ebb and flow in the abundance of individuals over time get marked onto chromosomes to record genetic history? Molecular population genetics seeks to answer such questions by e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | What are the genomic signatures of adaptations in DNA? How often does natural selection dictate changes to DNA? How does the ebb and flow in the abundance of individuals over time get marked onto chromosomes to record genetic history? Molecular population genetics seeks to answer such questions by explaining genetic variation and molecular evolution from microevolutionary principles. It provides a way to learn about how evolution works and how it shapes species by incorporating molecular details of DNA as the heritable material. It enables us to understand the logic of how mutations originate, change in abundance in populations and become fixed as DNA sequence divergence between species. This title provides a concise, accessible introduction to the principle ideas, methods and caveats for understanding evolution at the molecular level. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 247 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198838944 0198838948 9780198838951 0198838956 |