Geographical Genetics.

Population genetics has made great strides in applying statistical analysis and mathematical modeling to understand how genes mutate and spread through populations over time. But real populations also live in space. Streams, mountains, and other geographic features often divide populations, limit mi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Epperson, Bryan K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Series:Monographs in Population Biology, 38.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Space-Time Population Genetics; 2. Geographical Patterns Observed in Nature; 3. Ancient Events in Spatial-Temporal Processes; 4. Spatial and Space-Time Statistics; 5. Theory of Genetics as Stochastic Spatial-Temporal Processes; 6. Synthesis: Tying Spatial Patterns among Populations to Space-Time Processes; 7. Spatial Patterns Observed within Populations; 8. Statistical Methods for Spatial Structure within Populations; 9. Theory of Spatial Structure within Populations; 10. Emerging Study; Literature Cited; Index.