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Description: |
192 pages illustrations 22 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: 1. How to learn population biology -- The necessity of a quantitative approach -- How much genetics and mathematics are needed? -- How to construct a mathematical model -- 2. Population genetics -- Definition of evolution -- Characteristics of mutations -- The magnitude of mutations -- Stability of gene frequencies -- The significance of sexual reproduction -- The agents of evolution -- Mutation pressure -- Meiotic drive -- Gene flow -- Natural selection: general principles -- Directional selection: quantitative theory -- Joint effects of mutation and selection. |
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Contents: Joint effects of gene flow and selection -- Balanced polymorphism -- Genetic load -- Evolution in a heterogeneous environment -- Heritability and polygenic inheritance -- The fundamental theorem of natural selection -- Genetic drift -- The substitution of neutral genes -- 3. Ecology -- The population basis of ecology -- Elementary population growth -- r and K selection -- Demography -- Predation -- Food webs and population stability -- The measurement of diversity -- Energy flow and population turnover -- Competition -- 4. Biogeography: species equilibrium theory -- The area-species curve -- The equilibrium model -- Area and distance effects. |
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Action Note: |
commitment to retain 20151208 pda OTUTLD |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Wilson, Edward O. Primer of population biology. [1st ed.]. Stamford, Conn., Sinauer Associates [1971] (OCoLC)647048760 |