Updated Volume 2: Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits

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This website updates the older website for Volume 2 and incorporates the new (and on-going) changes in Volume 2. The chapter are a bit in flux, and hence numbers may quickly change.

pdf file of detailed table of contents (version 11 June 2007)

I. Introduction

  • 1. Changes in quantitative characters over time

    • II. Foundations: Evolution At One And Two Loci

  • 2. Neutral Evolution In One- And Two-Locus Systems
  • 3. The Genetic Effective Size Of A Population
  • 4. Marker-Based Estimation Of The Nonadaptive Forces Of Evolution
  • 5. One- And Two-Locus Selection Theory
  • 6. Interaction Of Selection And Drift
  • 7. Using Molecular Data To Detect Selection

    • III. Neutral Evolution Of Quantitative Traits

  • 8. Drift And Genetic Covariances
  • 9. Neutral Evolution Of Trait Means And Variances

    • IV. Short-Term Response On A Single Character: Basic Concepts

  • 10. Short-Term Changes In The Mean: 1. The Breeders' Equation
  • 11. Short-Term Changes In The Mean: 2. Permanent Versus Transient Response
  • 12. Price's Theorem: A General Equation For Response
  • 13. Short-Term Changes In The Mean: 3. Environmental Effects And The Response In Natural Populations
  • 14. Short-Term Changes In The Variance
  • 15. Least Squares Analysis Of Short-Term Selection Experiments
  • 16. Mixed-Model And Bayesian Analysis Of Selection Experiments

    • V. Short-Term Response On A Single Character: Beyond Individual Selection

  • 17. Family-Based Selection
  • 18. Group And Kin Selection
  • 19. Selection Under Inbreeding
  • 20. Selection And Development Of Pure Lines
  • 21. Selection And Crossbreeding I. Basic Concepts
  • 22. Selection And Crossbreeding Ii. Advanced Topics
  • 23. Selection In Age-Structured Populations

    • VI. Population-Genetic Models

  • 24. Selection On QTLs
  • 25. The Infinitesimal Model
  • 26. Long-Term Response: Deterministic Aspects
  • 27. Long-Term Response: Finite Populations
  • 28. Maintenance Of Quantitative Genetic Variability

    • VII. Measuring Selection

  • 29. Individual Fitness And The Measurement Of Univariate Selection
  • 30. Measuring Multivariate Selection

    • VIII. Selection On Multiple Characters

  • 31. Multivariate Response: Changes In Means
  • 32. Multivariate Response: Changes In Covariances
  • 33. Theory Of Index Selection
  • 34. Applications Of Index Selection
  • 35. BLUP Selection
  • 36. Marker-Assisted Selection
  • 37. Applications Of Multiple-Trait Models

    • IX. Quantitative Genetics Of Continous Functions

  • 38. Estimation; Random Regressions And Infinite-Diminesional Trait
  • 39. Selection On Functions
  • 40. Applications

    • X. Phenotypic Evolution Models

  • 41. Ecological Applications
  • 42. Sexual Selection
  • 43. Macroevolution

    • XI. Developement and adapation

  • 44. Evolution and developement
  • 45. Networks and pathways
  • 46. Summary: the nature of adapation

    • XII. Appendices

  • A1. Diffusion Theory
  • A2. Introduction To Bayesian Statistics
  • A3. MCMC Methods And Bayesian Analysis
  • A4. The Geometry Of Vectors And Matrices: Eigenvalues And Eigenvectors
  • A5. The Multivariate Normal Distribution
  • A6. Derivatives Of Vectors And Vector-Valued Functions

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    Created 5 Novemebr 2007, last updated 6 Nov 2007

    Bruce Walsh. jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu . Comments welcome.