A Contemporary View of Population Genetics in Evolution

Joao Carlos M Magalhaes; Cedric Gondro

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A Contemporary View of Population Genetics in Evolution

Joao Carlos M Magalhaes, Cedric Gondro

School of Environmental & Rural Science

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Population genetics is rapidly changing driven by the advances in modern molecular technologies. The sheer volume of data being generated is allowing empirical studies until just recently confined to the realm of theory while simultaneously prompting the need to develop new computational approaches to data storage and analysis. Theoretical contributions, as Kimura's neutralism and subsequent theories are expanding the scope of this discipline beyond its traditional subject matter. Besides gene frequencies and evolutionary "forces", it is incorporating new elements, such as molecular phylogeny. In this context, population genetics is coming closer to historical and comparative biology and changing our comprehension of its role in the evolutionary process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Brazilian Studies in Philosophy and History of Science: An Account of Recent Works
Editors	Decio Krause, Antonio Videira
Place of Publication	Dordrecht, Netherlands
Publisher	Springer
Pages	281-290
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9789048194223, 9789048194216
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9422-3_21
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Name	Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Number	290
ISSN (Electronic)	0068-0346

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Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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A Contemporary View of Population Genetics in Evolution. / Magalhaes, Joao Carlos M; Gondro, Cedric.
Brazilian Studies in Philosophy and History of Science: An Account of Recent Works. ed. / Decio Krause; Antonio Videira. 1. ed. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2011. p. 281-290 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science; No. 290).

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