The origins of theoretical population genetics. ([2020?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William B. Provine.
• Authors: Provine, William B
• Contents: INTRODUCTION 1. DARWIN'S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION: THE RE- ACTION DARWIN'S THEORY THE REACTION 2. BACKGROUND TO THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MENDELIANS AND BIOMETRICIANS KARL PEARSON: A SKETCH OF HIS EARLY LIFE WELDON, PEARSON, AND BIOMETRY WILLIAM BATESON AND DISCONTINUOUS EVOLUTION THE PUBLIC CONTROVERSIES 3. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MENDELIANS AND BIOMETRI- CIANS THE HOMOTYPOSIS CONTROVERSY THE MUTATION THEORY INHERITANCE IN PEAS HEREDITY IN MICE MENDELISM AND BIOMETRY MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, 1904 COAT COLOR IN HORSES THE EFFECTS OF THE CONFLICT 4. DARWINIAN SELECTION: THE CONTROVERSY, 1900-1918 THE ARGUMENT AGAINST DARWINIAN SELECTION THE PROOF AND EXPLANATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELECTION 5. POPULATION GENETICS: THE SYNTHESIS OF MENDELISM, DARWINISM, AND BIOMETRY EXPLORATION OF THE MATHEMATICAL CONSEQUENCES OF MENDELIAN HEREDITY BEFORE 1918 RONALD ALYMER FISHER SEWALL WRIGHT J.B.S. HALDANE CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX: GALTON, PEARSON, AND THE LAW OF ANCESTRAL HEREDITY BIBLIOGRAPHY AFTERWORD INDEX.
• Edition: [2nd edition], with a new afterword
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 576.5809; Population genetics -- History; Genetics, Population -- history; Population genetics; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226788920
• Related ISBNs: 022678892X; 9780226684635; 0226684636; 9780226684642; 0226684644
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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