Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits

by Bruce Walsh and Michael Lynch

Quantitative traits-be they morphological or physiological characters, aspects of behavior, or genome-level features such as the amount of RNA or protein expression for a specific gene-usually show considerable variation within and among populations. Quantitative genetics, also referred to as the genetics of complex traits, is the study of such characters and is based on mathematical models of evolution in which many genes influence the trait and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198830874
• ISBN13: 9780198830870
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 1496 Pages
• Weight: 8.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 9.1" x 11.1"