Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible introduction
to the concepts of population genetics. Combining traditional conceptual approaches with …

… A major area of fish population genetics which is not discussed in the present paper is that
of quantitative genetics. For many years, domesticated fish populations have been subjected …

This review includes consideration of work on (1) the neutralist vs. selectionist views of
polymorphism, (2) the theory of multilocus polymorphism, (3) the detection of natural selection, (4) …

… Population genetics has undergone enormous changes since this book was written. It has …
There are now several good books on population genetics, so is there still a place for this one…

… "'population" is "the inhabitants of a country, place, or town." To the ecologist, a population is
"… Such a concept of population is too broad for a population geneticist. We are dealing mostly…

… " inbred population " to mean a population composed of many inbred strains, whereas the
more general usage refers to merely one of the strains, inbred in relation to the populations …

… Population genetics is the mathematical investigation of the changes in the genetic structure
of populations … , far too complex for the study of population genetics to be simply a branch of …

… understanding of the core concepts in population genetics both for those students primarily
… of population genetics in other areas such as conservation biology, genetic epidemiology, …

… population size form the basis of chapter 2. New to the second edition is a chapter on molecular
population genetics … useful accompaniment for courses in population biology, evolution, …

… fine Australian population geneticists bringing us up to date on the mathematical aspects
of his field." -BS Weir, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Statistics and Genetics, Director, …