Evolutionary Dynamics of Genetic Diversity

Proceedings of a Symposium held in Manchester, England, March 29-30, 1983

328 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, allgemein DV-gestützte Biologie/Bioinformatik
• ISBN: 9783540129035
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.1984
• Größe: 244 x 170 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: G. S. Mani