Table of Content

1. Genetics Constitution of a Population
2. Changes of Gene Frequency
3. Small Populations: I Changes of Gene Frequency Under Simplified Conditions
4. Small Populations: II Less Simplified Conditions
5. Small Populations: III Pedigreed Populations and Close Inbreeding
6. Continuous Variation
7. Values and Means
8. Variance
9. Resemblance Between Relatives
10. Heritability
11. Selection: I The Results of Experiments
12. Selection: III Information from Relatives
13. Inbreeding and Crossbreeding: I Changes of Mean Value
14. Inbreeding and Crossbreeding: II Changes of Variance
15. Inbreeding and Crossbreeding: III Applications
16. Scale
17. Threshold Characters
18. Correlated Characters
19. Metric Characters under Natural Selection
20. Quantitative Trait Loci

Salient Features

• New chapter on Quantitative Trait Loci
• Fully revised chapter on natural selection, with increased emphasis on maintenance of variation by mutation-selection balance
• Incorporates essential maths necessary for using computer algorithms
• Addresses potential applications in animal and plant breeding, and human disease
• More evolutionary and molecular examples and problems
• Problems and solutions based on real data to test understanding