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Modern Genetic Analysis Further Readings
Chapter 17
Bodmer, W. F., and L. L. Cavalli-Sforza. 1976. Genetics, Evolution, and Man. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.
Cavalli-Sforza, L. L., P. Menozzi, and A. Piazza. 1994. The History and Geography of Human Genes. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. A complete discussion of human genetic variation, its history, and the forces molding it, with recent and complete tables of human gene frequencies.
B. Clarke. 1975. The Causes of Biological Diversity Scientific American August. A popular account emphasizing genetic polymorphism. (PubMed)
J. F. Crow. 1979. Genes That Violate Mendel's Rules Scientific American February. An interesting article on a topic called segregation distortion (not treated in this text) and its effects in populations. (PubMed)
Dobzhansky, T. 1951. Genetics and the Origin of Species. New York: Columbia University Press. The classic synthesis of population genetics and the processes of evolution. The most influential book on evolution since Darwin's Origin of Species.
Ford, E. B. 1971. Ecological Genetics, 3d ed. London: Chapman & Hall. A nonmathematical treatment of the role of genetic variation in nature, stressing morphological variation.
Futuyma, D. J. 1986. Evolutionary Biology, 2d ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer. The best modern discussion of population genetics, ecology, and evolution from both a theoretical and experimental point of view.
Hartl, D. L., and A. G. Clark. 1989. Principes of Population Genetics, 2d ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer.
Lerner, I. M., and W. J. Libby. 1976. Heredity, Evolution and Society, 2d ed. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. A text meant for nonscience students.
Lewontin, R. C. 1974. The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. New York: Columbia University Press. A discussion of the prevalence and role of genetic variation in natural populations. Both morphological and protein variations are considered.
Lewontin, R. C. 1982. Human Diversity. New York: Scientific American Books. Applies concepts of population genetics to human diversity and evolution.
Li, W. H., and D. Graur. 1991. Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer. An excellent review of what is known about the forces and rates of evolution of proteins and DNA sequences.
Scientific American. September 1978. "Evolution." This issue contains several articles relevant to population genetics.
A. C. Wilson. 1985. The Molecular Basis of Evolution Scientific American October. (PubMed)

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