| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 438 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Theoretical Principles of Population Genetics -- 1.1 Estimation of Gene Frequencies -- 1.2 The Hardy ... Weinberg Rule -- 1.3 Random Genetic Drift -- 1.4 Mutation and Migration of Genes -- 1.5 Natural Selection -- 1.6 The Influence of Subdivision of a Population on Its Genetic Structure -- 1.7 Conclusion -- 2 Heritable Variation in Populations -- 2.1 Population Genetic Polymorphism and the Adaptive Norm Concept -- 2.2 Hereditary Protein Polymorphism -- 2.3 Levels of Biochemical Polymorphism and Heterozygosity of Natural Populations -- 2.4 DNA Polymorphisms -- 3 Genetic Processes in Natural Population Systems -- 3.1 Natural Populations as Communities of Genetically Differentiated Subpopulations -- 3.2 Genetic Processes in a Natural Population System -- 3.3 Mathematical Modeling of Simplest Population Systems Represented by Small Subpopulations -- 4 Genetic Processes in Experimental Population Systems -- 4.1 The Structure of the Models -- 4.2 The Genetic Process in the "Island" Population Model -- 4.3 The Genetic Process in the Stepping-Stone Population Model -- 5 The Role of Natural Selection in the Maintenance of Protein and DNA Polymorphism -- 5.1 Analysis of Stationary Distributions of Gene Frequencies -- 5.2 Analysis of the Genotype Distributions and the Correlations of Gene Frequencies in Successive Generations of the Exact Same Subpopulations -- 5.3 Analysis of Genotype Distributions at Early and Late Stages of Ontogenesis -- 5.4 Interrelated Variability of Monogenic and Polygenic Traits -- 5.5 Analysis of Empirical and Expected Interlocus Genetic Variances as a Method of Estimating Selective Significance of Biochemical Polymorphism -- 5.6 Optimal Genetic Diversity of a Population as a Measure of its Adaptive Maximum -- 5.7 Theory of Neutrality in the Light of Recent Data -- 6 Population Genetics and Evolution -- 6.1 The Species and Speciation -- 6.2 Do Population-Genetic Studies Suggest the Idea of Evolution? -- 6.3 Genetic Monomorphism of Species as a Real Natural Phenomenon -- 6.4 Interspecific Variability Characteristics of Polymorphic and Monomorphic Traits -- 7 Population Genetic Aspects of the Problem "Man and the Biosphere" -- 7.1 The Problem of Genetic Monitoring and a Theoretical Approach to Its Solution -- 7.2 Genetic Monitoring of Natural Populations -- 7.3 Genetic Monitoring of Agricultural Populations -- 7.4 The Stabilization Principles of the Genetic Structure of Agricultural Populations -- 7.5 Genetic Processes in Modern Human Populations: the Environment and the Problemof Genetic Load -- Conclusion -- References |
| Summary |
Population and evolutionary genetics have been quickly developing?elds of biological research over the past decades. This book compiles our current understanding of genetic processes in natural populations. In addition, the book provides the author's original ideas and concepts based on the data obtained by himself and his close coworkers. The author introduces his pioneering concept of population genetic stability, and much of thebook is concerned with the factors and conditions of such stability. Why does genetic stability matter so much? Altukhov argues that the sustainable use of natural resources, including genetic resources of popu- tions, critically depends on the maintenance of their stability. The preser- tion of well-adapted genetic characteristics from one generation to the next is essential for this stability. Traditionally, population genetics has been - cusedonevolution andthe role of evolutionary factorsinshapinggenetic structures of populations. While the idea of a population as a dynamic unit of evolution has been widely accepted, the signi?cance of genetic stability and its implications for the long-term survival of populations and species have not been fully appreciated |
| Notes |
Translation of a revised and updated version of the author's Geneticheskie prot︠s︡essy v populi︠a︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡kh--cf. Pref |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-428) |
| Notes |
Translation of a revised and updated version of the author's Geneticheskie prot︠s︡essy v populi︠a︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡kh--cf. Pref |
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Population genetics.
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Evolutionary genetics.
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Human genetics -- Variation.
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Genetics, Population
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Genetic Variation
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Human genetics -- Variation
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Evolutionary genetics
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Population genetics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Altukhov, I︠U︡. P. Geneticheskie prot︠s︡essy v populi︠a︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡kh
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| ISBN |
9783540309635 |
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3540309632 |
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9783540254904 |
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3540254900 |
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6610459096 |
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9786610459094 |
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