Chapter
Chapter 2 Heterozygote advantage
Formulating the recursion system
Finding the equilibrium points to the system
Interpretations, extensions and comments
Heterozygote advantage and disadvantage
Origin of the neutral theory of molecular evolution
Underlying assumptions in population genetics models
Chapter 3 Breakdown of linkage disequilibrium
Assumptions, notations and definitions
The change in D between generations
Interpretations, extensions and comments
The importance of linkage disequilibria
Summarizing population situations: H and D
Chapter 4 Time to coalescence
Finding the formula for coalescence of two gene copies
The mean and the variance for the time to coalescence
The coalescence history of more than two gene copies
The coalescence tree and the length of its branches
Coalescence for haploid genetic material
Interpretations, extensions and comments
New thinking within a classical framework
Coalescence, inbreeding and identity by descent
Wright–Fisher populations and effective population size
Chapter 5 The evolution of genetic diversity
Assumptions and definitions
Recursion with drift and mutation
The rate with which history is lost
Interpretations, extensions and comments
Genetic variation, past demography and model assumptions
The infinite sites and other mutation models
Coalescence and mutations
Reconstructing phylogenies
Random processes produce discernible patterns
Two ways of analysing the same equation
Chapter 6 Fixation of mutations with and without selection
Assumptions and notations
Deriving the differential equation
The fate of a new single mutation
Interpretations, extensions and comments
More on positive mutations going to fixation
The probability of fixation of different kinds of mutations
An alternative proof of the probability of fixation under neutrality
The rate of fixation of neutral mutations and evolutionary clocks
Recurrent mutations and near neutrality
Selective sweeps, the hitch‐hiking effect and background selection
Chapter 7 Nonhomogeneous populations
Assumptions, notations and definitions
A reminder: expected heterozygosity
Genotype frequencies in the combined population
A special case: two alleles
Subdivision resembles inbreeding
Interpretations, extensions and comments
Genes and balls, populations and urns
Population stratification and linkage disequilibria
Different models of geographic structuration
Additional measures to describe populations: F and FST
Chapter 8 Cost and benefit of sib‐interactions
Finding a relevant recursion equation
Interpretations, extensions and comments
Altruism and natural selection via individuals and groups
Frequency‐dependent selection and resource competition
Rare allele advantage due to infections and self‐incompatibility
Chapter 9 Selection on a quantitative trait
Selection in quantitative genetics
Selection in population genetics – one more time
Notations and assumptions
Interpretations, extensions and comments
The genetic effect of selection on a quantitative trait
The limits of selection and the nature of
Threshold selection and disease liability
Quantitative genetics is not suited for causal analyses
Chapter 10 Evolutionary genetic analysis of the sex ratio
Assumptions and notations
Finding the recursion equation system
Interpretations, extensions and comments
An explanation of well‐delimited validity
Meiotic recombination is an evolved genetic system
Evolutionary genetic analysis
Estimates and tests in population genetics
The mutation–selection balance
Partial genetic isolation
Segregation distortion and genetic conflicts
Understanding Population Genetics
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