Epistasis and the Evolutionary Process

by Jason B. Wolf and Michael J. Wade

Over the last two decades, research into epistasis has seen explosive growth and has moved the focus of research in evolutionary genetics from a traditional additive approach. We now know the effects of genes are rarely independent, and to reach a fuller understanding of the process of evolution we need to look at gene interactions as well as gene-environment interactions. This book is an overview of non-additive evolutionary genetics, integrating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195128060
• ISBN13: 9780195128062
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 6.1"