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Tables of Contents for Evolutionary Genetics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Contributors
xi
Preface
xv
Section A. Population Genetics: Problems, Foundations, and Historical Perspectives
Introductory Remarks
Costas Krimbas
The Problems of Population Genetics
5
19
Richard Lewontin
The Mathematical Foundations of Population Genetics
24
17
Warren Ewens
A Natural Historian's View of Heterosis and Related Topics
41
11
Bruce Wallace
The Molecular Foundation of Population Genetics
52
30
Rama S. Singh
Walter F. Eanes
Donal A. Hickey
Lynn M. King
Margaret A. Riley
Section B. Molecular Variation and Evolution
Introductory Remarks
Martin Kreitman
The Population and Evolutionary Genetics of Codon Bias
82
20
Martin Kreitman
Marcos Antezana
Gene Conversion Is a Major Determinant of Genetic Diversity at the DNA Level
102
22
Andrew Berry
Antonio Barbadilla
Evidence for Balancing, Directional, and Background Selection in Molecular Evolution
124
22
Stephen W. Schaeffer
Montserrat Aguade
Section C. Selection and Genetic Polymorphism
Introductory Remarks
Philip Hedrick
Timothy Prout
Aspects of Fitness
146
11
Freddy Bugge Christiansen
Timothy Prout
How Well Does Opposing Selection Maintain Variation?
157
25
Timothy Prout
Analysis of Selection in Laboratory and Field Populations
182
22
Einar Arnason
J. S. F. Barker
Genetics of Complex Polymorphisms: Parasites and Maintenance of the Major Histocompatibility Complex Variation
204
31
Philip W. Hedrick
Timothy J. Kim
The Population Biology of Antibiotic Resistance
235
23
Bruce R. Levin
Section D. Linkage, Breeding Systems, and Evolution
Introductory Remarks
Ian R. Franklin
The Equilibrium Theory of One- and Two-Locus Systems
258
26
Ian R. Franklin
Marcus W. Feldman
Inversion Polymorphisms in Drosophila
284
16
Costas Krimbas
Jeffrey Powell
The Evolution of Breeding Systems
300
17
Marcy K. Uyenoyama
The Evolution of Sex and Recombination
317
18
Donal A. Hickey
Section E. Quantitative Genetics and Phenotypic Evolution
Introductory Remarks
Richard Frankham
Quantitative Genetics and Phenotypic Evolution
335
16
Russell Lande
Nature of Quantiative Genetic Variation
351
18
Richard Frankham
Kenneth Weber
The Maintenance of Genetic Variation in Life-History Traits
369
24
Brian Charlesworth
Kimberly A. Hughes
Population Genetics and Life-History Evolution
393
25
Lloyd Demetrius
Section F. Gene Flow, Population Structure, and Evolution
Introductory Remarks
Montgomery Slatkin
A Coalescent View of Population Structure
418
12
Montgomery Slatkin
Population Genetics and Evolution of Animal Mitochondrial DNA
430
26
Eleftherios Zouros
David M. Rand
Genetic Structure and Evolution in Parthenogenetic Animals
456
19
E. Davis Parker Jr.
Monica Niklasson
Genetic Structure of Prokaryotic Populations
475
20
Frederick M. Cohan
Section G. Population Genetics and Speciation
Introductory Remarks
Rama S. Singh
Sexual Selection in Populations: The Facts Require a Change in the Genetic Definition of the Species
495
18
Hampton L. Carson
The Role of Selection in Speciation
513
19
Judith Masters
The Evolutionary Genetics of Speciation
532
38
Jerry A. Coyne
H. Allen Orr
Toward a Unified Theory of Speciation
570
39
Rama S. Singh
Section H. Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution
Introductory Remarks
Subodh Jain
From Population Genetics to Evolutionary Genetics: A View through the Trees
609
19
Joseph Felsenstein
Attitudes to Animal Behavior
628
13
John Maynard Smith
The Evolution of Social Behavior
641
12
Deborah M. Gordon
Population Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology: A Progress Report
653
26
Subodh Jain
Publications of R.C. Lewontin
679
12
Index
691