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Genetics in Populations: An Introductory Overview
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Wool, David Paz, Naomi Friedman, Leonid |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | The emergent science of genetics in the early $20^{th}$ century required a new theoretical framework for the discussions of natural selection – based on non-blending characters. One of the strongest objections to Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution was that too little heritable variation was available in the natural populations, on which natural selection could work. The introduction of Drosophila melanogaster into Thomas Hunt Morgan's laboratory and subsequent genetic work, led to the discovery of many heritable mutations in characters such as eye color and the wing shape. The quantitative basis of evolutionary theory was established by three outstanding theoreticians: Ronald Fisher, John B. S. Haldane, and Sewall Wright. In 1908, G. H. Hardy, a Cambridge mathematician, and W. Weinberg, a German physician, independently derived the necessary conditions for a population to reach the equilibrium frequencies and remain at a genetic equilibrium. Their model is known as the Hardy-Weinberg Law. Book Name: Milestones in the Evolving Theory of Evolution |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2019-0-10171-2&isbn=9781003023869&doi=10.1201/9781003023869-31&format=pdf |
| Ending Page | 248 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 245 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781003023869-31 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-12 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Milestones in the Evolving Theory of Evolution Genetics History and Philosophy of Science Evolution Natural Selection Genetic Equilibrium Populations Characters Heritable Weinberg |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
