Evolutionary Biology

Limits to Knowledge in Evolutionary Genetics

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Av Michael T. Clegg, Max K. Hecht, Ross J. MacIntyre, Ross J. Macintyre

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These boundaries shift as new methods are developed and as new concepts are elaborated (e.g., the theory of the gene, or more recently, the coalescence framework in population genetics). This book examines and analyzes these new limits as they are applied to evolutionary biology and population genetics.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-09-27
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt429 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEvolutionary Biology
Antal sidor258
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781461368540

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I. Limits to Knowledge: An Introduction.- 1. Limits to Our Knowledge of Evolution.- 2. Limits to Knowledge in Population Genetics.- II. The Philosophy of Biology, Paradigms, and Paradigm Shifts.- 3. Laws, History, and the Nature of Biological Understanding.- 4. Avoiding Paradigm-Based Limits to Knowledge of Evolution.- 5. Anticipating Scientific Revolutions in Evolutionary Genetics.- III. Limits to Historical Inference and Prediction.- 6. Inferring Ancestral Character States.- 7. The Problem of Inferring Selection and Evolutionary History from Molecular Data.- 8. Evolutionary Genetics of Primate Color Vision: Recent Progress and Potential Limits to Knowledge.- 9. The Limits to Knowledge in Conservation Genetics: The Value of Effective Population Size.- 10. What Is the Structure of Human Populations?.- IV. Quantitative Genetics and the Prediction of Phenotype from Genotype.- 11. Limits to Prediction of Phenotypes from Knowledge of Genotypes.- 12. The Limits to Knowledge in Quantitative Genetics.- 13. Genetics of Species Differentiation: What Is Unknown and What Will Be Unknowable?.- Conclusions.