Genetic Structure and Selection in Subdivided Populations

by François Rousset

Various approaches have been developed to evaluate the consequences of spatial structure on evolution in subdivided populations. This book is both a review and new synthesis of several of these approaches, based on the theory of spatial genetic structure. Fran ois Rousset examines Sewall Wright's methods of analysis based on F-statistics, effective size, and diffusion approximation; coalescent arguments; William Hamilton's inclusive fitness theory;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691088179
• ISBN13: 9780691088174
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"