Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution, and the Neutral Theory: Selected Papers

by Motoo Kimura

Book Overview

One of this century's leading evolutionary biologists, Motoo Kimura revolutionized the field with his random drift theory of molecular evolution--the neutral theory--and his groundbreaking theoretical work in population genetics. This volume collects 57 of Kimura's most important papers and covers forty years of his diverse and original contributions to our understanding of how genetic variation affects evolutionary change.

Kimura's neutral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226435628
• ISBN13: 9780226435626
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.3" x 9.7"