| Description |
xiii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Monographs in population biology ; 21 |
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Monographs in population biology ; 21
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| Contents |
Introduction. Definition of natural selection Relationship to genetic drift and evolution Restricted meanings of "natural selection" Modes of selection Summary -- Philosophical comments. Natural selection and tautology Force, action, and intensity Fitness and adaptation Two more useful distinctions Summary -- Methods for the detection of natural selection in the wild. Method I: Correlation with environmental factors Method II: Comparisons between closely related sympatric species Method III: Comparisons between unrelated species living in similar habitats Method IV: Deviation from formal null models Method V: Long-term studies of trait frequency distributions Method VI: Perturbation of natural populations Method VII: Genetic demography or cohort analysis Method VIII: Comparisons among age classes or life-history stages Methods IX and X: Predictions about natural selection Method IX: Nonequilibrium predictions of changes in trait frequency distributions Method X: Equilibrium predictions about trait frequency distributions How to detect natural selection in the wild Summary |
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Problems in detecting natural selection. Reasons for lack of detection of natural selection when it exists Reasons for apparent detection of selection when it is nonexistent Reasons for mislcading detection of selection Summary -- Direct demonstrations of natural selection in the wild. Characteristics of demonstrative studies Observations on the distribution of kinds of traits selected Observations on the distribution of modes of selection Observations on the distribution of modes of selection General comments on detecting natural selection Summary -- Estimating selection coefficients and differentials. Introduction to the methods Direct univariate methods Univariate means fitness methods Multivariate methods The use of selection coefficients and differentials Summary -- Distribution of selection coefficients and differentials in natural populations. Methods Observed distributions A comparison of observed and expected distributions Summary -- The importance of natural selection. Four views Origin and replacement Conclusion: Natural selection and evolution Summary -- Appendix 1. Multiple regression and the estimation of selection differentials -- Appendix 2. Comparisons between selection differentials and regression coefficients using simulated data of selection with known properties |
| Analysis |
Organisms Evolution Natural selection |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 273-324 |
| Subject |
Natural selection.
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Natural selection.
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Selection, Genetic.
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Natural selection |
| LC no. |
85042683 |
| ISBN |
069108386X |
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0691083878 |
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