Quantitative Genetics
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Quantitative Genetics

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Quantitative Genetics

About this book

Quantitative genetics is the study of continuously varying traits which make up the majority of biological attributes of evolutionary and commercial interest. This book provides a much-needed up-to-date, in-depth yet accessible text for the field. In lucid language, the author guides readers through the main concepts of population and quantitative genetics and their applications. It is written to be approachable to even those without a strong mathematical background, including applied examples, a glossary of key terms, and problems and solutions to support students in grasping important theoretical developments and their relevance to real-world biology. An engaging, must-have textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Given its applied focus, it also equips researchers in genetics, genomics, evolutionary biology, animal and plant breeding, and conservation genetics with the understanding and tools for genetic improvement, comprehension of the genetic basis of human diseases, and conservation of biological resources.

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Yes, you can access Quantitative Genetics by Armando Caballero in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sciences biologiques & Génétique et génomique. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Preface to the Spanish Version
  9. 1 Continuous Variation
  10. 2 Forces of Change in the Allele Frequencies
  11. 3 Components of Phenotypic Values and Variances
  12. 4 Inbreeding and Coancestry
  13. 5 Effective Population Size
  14. 6 Estimation of Genetic Values, Variances and Covariances
  15. 7 Mutation
  16. 8 Consequences of Inbreeding
  17. 9 Artificial Selection
  18. 10 Natural Selection
  19. 11 Genomic Analysis of Quantitative Traits
  20. Solutions to Problems and Self-Assessment Questions
  21. Glossary
  22. References
  23. Index