Evolutionary Dynamics of Genetic Diversity

Proceedings of a Symposium held in Manchester, England, March 29¿30, 1983
Herausgegeben:Mani, G. S.

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Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes in Biomathematics 53
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-12903-5
• 1984.
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9783540129035
• ISBN-10: 3540129030
• Artikelnr.: 29008568

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Problem.- 2 The Evolutionary Significance of Genetic Diversity; Ecological, Demographic and Life History Correlates.- The Problem.- Materials and Methods.- The Evidence.- Theoretical Consideration.- The Matching of Evidence and Theoretical Models.- Conclusions and Prospects.- Summary.- Acknowledgements.- References of the Data.- References of the Theoretical Discussion.- Appendix I. The Data Set.- Appendix II. The Biotic Questionnaire.- Appendix III. Transformations of Heterozygosity and Polymorphism Estimates.- 3 Genetic Polymorphism and Neomutationism.- Protein Polymorphism.- Dna Polymorphism.- Implications for Evolutionary Theory.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 4 A Darwinian Theory of Enzyme Polymorphism.- The Model.- The Accuracy of the Numerical Calculations.- Why Is Chaotic Motion Rare in Natural Populations?.- Survival Probability for Populations.- Predictions of the Model at the Genetic Level.- Conclusions.- References.- 5 The Possibility of Stress-Triggered Evolution.