Selection in natural populations
In this work, the author reviews the literature on protein variation, describes the successes and failures of the research programme and evaluates the results of a controversial body of research. He offers an analysis for scientists interested in the genetic structure and evolution of populations.
xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780195137866, 0195137868
1080759396
1: Natural Selection, Fitness Determination, and Molecular Variation2: Classes of Abundant Genetic Variation3: Environmental Heterogeneity and Enzyme Polymorphism4: The Impact of a Single Gene5: Patterns of Variation among Loci6: The Axis of Individual Heterozygosity: Theory7: The Axis of Individual Heterozygosity: Empirical Data8: Female Choice and Male Fitness9: Patterns among Species10: The Sisyphean Cycle11: Comments on Natural SelectionAppendix 1. Average Heterozygosity and Genetic Distance among SpeciesAppendix 2. Pascal Program for the Simulation of the Evolution of Female ChoiceAppendix 3. Heterozygosity and Maximum Lifetime FecundityBibliographyIndex
Originally published: 1997