The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics (CHICAGO HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE) - Softcover

Provine, William B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226684660 ISBN 13: 9780226684666

Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1987

Synopsis

Tracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane, and Wright, William B. Provine sheds light on this complex field as well as its bearing on other branches of biology.

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Tracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane, and Wright, William B. Provine sheds light on this complex field as well as its bearing on other branches of biology. In a new afterword that is sure to stir discussion and controversy, Provine discusses how his beliefs about evolutionary biology have changed radically in the past 30 years. He examines the ten major assumptions in the field that were current when the book was first published and then, point- by -point, argues against them in light of more recent research. The result is a work that is at once imbued with new life and yet remains the definitive short history of a major development in modern biology.

About the Author

William B. Provine is the C. A. Alexander Professor of Biological Sciences at Cornell University. He is the author of Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology and the editor of Evolution: Selected Papers by Sewall Wright, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0226684660
• ISBN 13: 9780226684666
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 214