Phylogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Science

Selected Papers of A. W. F. Edwards with Commentaries
Herausgeber: Winther, Rasmus Grønfeldt

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Produktbeschreibung

Seminal papers by A. W. F. Edwards, published together for the first time with commentaries from leading experts to contextualise his contribution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 178mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1225g
• ISBN-13: 9781107111721
• ISBN-10: 1107111722
• Artikelnr.: 50451202

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther
Part I. Selected Papers of A. W. F. Edwards: 1. The reconstruction of evolution (1963) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
2. Reconstruction of evolutionary trees (1964) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
3. Analysis of human evolution under random genetic drift (1964) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza and I. Barrai
4. Analysis of human evolution (1965) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
5. A method for cluster analysis (1965) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
6. Studying human evolution by computer (1966)
7. Estimation procedures for evolutionary branching processes (1966) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
8. Fundamental theorem of natural selection (1967)
9. Phylogenetic analysis: models and estimation procedures (1967) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
10. Statistical methods in scientific inference (1969)
11. Estimation of the branch points of a branching diffusion process (1970)
12. Review of Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 2 by S. Wright (1971)
13. Affinity as revealed by differences in gene frequencies (1972) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
14. Likelihood (1972)
15. The history of likelihood (1974)
16. Are Mendel's results really too close? (1986)
17. Probability and likelihood in genetic counselling (1989)
18. The fundamental theorem of natural selection (1994)
19. Assessing molecular phylogenies (1995)
20. The origin and early development of the method of minimum evolution for the reconstruction of evolutionary trees (1996)
21. Darwin and Mendel united: the contributions of Fisher, Haldane and Wright up to 1932 (2001)
22. Human genetic diversity: Lewontin's fallacy (2003)
23. Parsimony and computers (2004)
24. Statistical methods for evolutionary trees (2009)
25. Mathematizing Darwin (2011)
26. Robert Heath Lock and his textbook of genetics, 1906 (2013)
27. R. A. Fisher's gene-centred view of evolution and the fundamental theorem of natural selection (2014)
28. Analysing nature's experiment: Fisher's inductive theorem of natural selection (2016)
Part II. Commentaries: 29. Anthony Edwards' seminal contributions to phylogenetics, likelihood, and understanding R. A. Fisher and the history of genetics Walter Bodmer
30. Anthony Edwards, Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and phylogenies Joseph Felsenstein
31. The historic split and merger of gene trees and species trees Rasmus Nielsen
32. Likelihood and the comparative method in evolutionary biology Mark Pagel
33. Likelihood inference in models for the genetic diversity of populations Elizabeth Thompson
34. A. W. F. Edwards and the origin of Bayesian phylogenetics Ziheng Yang
35. A conversation about Fisher (1930, 1958) Warren J. Ewens
36. Edwards on Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection Samir Okasha
37. A. W. F. Edwards, R. A. Fisher and the genetical theory of natural selection Maurizio Esposito
38. Reading and misreading Fisher: Anthony Edwards and the history of population genetics Jean-Baptiste Grodwohl
39. Variance-partitioning and classification in human population genetics Noah A. Rosenberg
Part III. Interviews with A. W. F. Edwards: Day 1: Selection theory
Day 2: Phylogenetic inference
Day 3: Edwards and Fisher
Part IV. A. W. F. Edwards: 40. A W. F. Edwards: curriculum vitae
41. A. W. F. Edwards: list of scientific publications
Appendices: a geometric interpretation of Edwards 2003 Amir Najmi
The genetic reification of 'race': a story of two mathematical methods Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther
'My Fisher' A. W. F. Edwards
1963 Antonio's theorem.