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Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 4

Variability Within and Among Natural Populations

"Wright’s views about population genetics and evolution are so fundamental and so comprehensive that every serious student must examine these books firsthand. . . . Publication of this treatise is a major event in evolutionary biology."-Daniel L. Hartl, BioScience

590 pages | 6 x 8.75 | © 1984

Biological Sciences: Evolutionary Biology

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Species and Subspecies
2. Effective Sizes of Local Populations
3. Genetic Variability in Natural Populations: Methods
4. Chromosome Polymorphisms
5. Deleterious Genes in Natural Populations
6. Conspicuous Polymorphisms
7. Biochemical Polymorphisms
8. Quantitative Variability in Nature
9. Variability within Human Population
10. Racial Differentiation in Mankind
11. Speciation
12. The Higher Categories
13. General Conclusions
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

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