The first edition of Maynard Smith's Evolutionary Genetics (first published in 1989) was welcomed as the first comprehensive introduction to the molecular and population aspects of evolutionary genetics, and has now become one of the definitive textbooks in the field. Aimed at advanced undergraduates in the biological sciences, the book covers basic population and quantitative genetics, evolutionary game theory, behavioral evolution, sexual selection and mating systems, speciation, and macroevolution. Theory and mathematics are clearly explained, with the aid of problems at the ends of the chapters, and the author takes care to place these within the context of questions central to current research in evolutionary biology. This Second Edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect new findings and research interests. In the chapter on phenotypic evolution, the author incorporates new research on game theory. The discussions of sex and host-parasite interactions have been extensively revised and the author has added a new chapter on molecular genetics and the reconstruction of evolutionary history. Evolutionary Genetics remains the essential textbook for advanced undergraduates seeking a clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date account of the theory of evolutionary biology.
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`'...well-established textbook...clearer than the first edition, and more up to date - though it is to the credit of the first edition that, ten years on, it has not dated very much at all...Maynard Smith has always been a consummate communicator, as well as a seminal thinker, and the second edition of Evolutionary Genetics is yet another testament to this rare combination of skills.'' Dylan Evans, Cell Biology International.
`'The first edition of this now well-established textbook provided the advanced undergraduate student with a clear and comprehensive introduction to those aspects of genetics that are vital to understanding evolution...a standard pedagogical work. The recent publication of a revised second edition should ensure that the book retains this position...Maynard Smith has always been a consummate communicator, as well as a seminal thinker, and the second edition of Evolutionary Genetics is yet another testament to this rare combination of skills.'' Dylan Evans, Cell Biology International 1998, vol.22, No.4, 327.
`'The first edition of this now well-established textbook provided the advanced undergraduate student with a clear and comprehensive introduction to those aspects of genetics that are vital to understanding evolution...a standard pedagogical work. The recent publication of a revised second edition should ensure that the book retains this position...Maynard Smith has always been a consummate communicator, as well as a seminal thinker, and the second edition of Evolutionary Genetics is yet another testament to this rare combination of skills.'' Dylan Evans, Cell Biology International 1998, vol.22, No.4, 327.
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John Maynard Smith, Professor of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG. Tel. 01273-606755.
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I am a Physicist trying to learn a bit about Genetics. I take the book seriously and I solve the problems and the computer proyects that the author poses. The book is highly readable and interesting (just some few type mistakes). This I warranty since I have had not the need of much consulting outside the book and this is not my field of research!!. The author goes from the basics up to some remarks of unsolved problems and controversy.
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The writing is clear and the derivations, for the most part, straightforward. (The derivations of mutational heritability and Fisher's Fundamental Theorem are still somewhat obscure to me.) The problems are also excellent; the computations and manipulations are not overly laborious, but you do have to think and exercise a sound conceptual grasp of the material. Make sure you know first-year calculus before tackling this book.
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In The Origin of Species, Darwin argued that all existing organisms are the modified descendants of one or a few simple ancestors that arose on Earth in the distant past-as we now know, over 3000 million years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
synergistic selection, sexual fish, genes act additively, normalizing selection, joint nest, abdominal bristle number, associative overdominance, equilibrium between mutation, additive genetic model, balance between mutation, same deme, asexual population, neutral mutation rate, favourable gene, stable polymorphism, karyotypic evolution, favourable mutation, two pure strategies, mutational load, linkage equilibrium, diploid population, deleterious mutations, hybrid inviability, unequal crossing, hybrid dysgenesis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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synergistic selection, sexual fish, genes act additively, normalizing selection, joint nest, abdominal bristle number, associative overdominance, equilibrium between mutation, additive genetic model, balance between mutation, same deme, asexual population, neutral mutation rate, favourable gene, stable polymorphism, karyotypic evolution, favourable mutation, two pure strategies, mutational load, linkage equilibrium, diploid population, deleterious mutations, hybrid inviability, unequal crossing, hybrid dysgenesis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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