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Selection in Natural Populations

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In 1974, Richard Lewontin published The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change, focusing enormous attention on protein variation as both a model of underlying genetic variation and a level of selection itself. In the twenty years since, scientific research has been shifted by the power of molecular biological techniques to explore the nature of variation directly at the DNA and gene levels. The "protein chapter" is coming to a close. In this book, Jeff Mitton explains the questions that geneticists hoped to answer by studying protein variation. He reviews the extensive literature on protein variation, describes the successes and failures of the research program, and evaluates the results of a rich and controversial body of research. The laboratory and field studies using protein polymorphisms revealed dynamic interactions among genotypes, fitness differentials, and fluctuating environmental conditions, and inadvertently wedded the fields of physiological ecology and population biology. Mitton's book is a useful analysis for all scientists interested in the genetic structure and evolution of populations.

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ISBN: 9780195137866
Publication date: 13th April 2000
Author: Jeffry B. (Professor, Department of Environmental Population and Organismic Biology, Professor, Department of Environme Mitton
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 252 pages
Genres: Evolution
Genetics (non-medical)
Molecular biology