{"product_id":"9783031411588","title":"Genes, Environments and Interactions: Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics Brought Up-to-date","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGenes, Environments and Interactions: Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics Brought Up-to-date\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eÁlvarez-Castro, José M\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenetic effects are the core concepts from which quantitative genetics and the evolutionary synthesis emerged. The groundbreaking theory of genetic effects was first proposed over a century ago. This book revises that theory, both conceptually and mathematically, and brings it up-to-date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe theory here compiled is supplemented with non-previously-published developments covering the broadest spectrum of simultaneously multiallelic and multilocus architectures with autosomal and sex-linked loci\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArbitrary interactions (dominance, gene-gene, gene-environment, gene-sex, and parent-of-origin interactions) are accounted for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoth effects of allele substitutions from the reference of individual genotypes and in the context of populations are worked out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePopulations are considered regardless of any departures from equilibrium frequencies (including both departures from Hardy-Weinberg, departures from linkage equilibrium, and non-random associationsbetween\/among genes and environments)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll developments are derived under the same mathematical framework, so that transformations of genetic effects between different contexts are easily allowed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn brief, this book enables novel applications to current empirical paradigms (like gene-mapping and genomic prediction) while adhering to the classical conceptualization of genetic effects and variance decomposition that let quantitative genetics and the evolutionary synthesis flourish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll relevant concepts are carefully clarified and discussed from a historical perspective. The theoretical developments presented in the book are illustrated by built-in cases and applications with real data. Reassuringly, the adequacy of the theory here presented is corroborated based on the fundamentals of model development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2024-01-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031411588\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-41159-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 224.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44523307401356,"sku":"9783031411588","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031411588.jpg?v=1758727902","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031411588","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}