The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics: With a New AfterwordTracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane, and Wright, William B. Provine sheds light on this complex field as well as its bearing on other branches of biology. |
Contents
The Reaction | 1 |
2 Background to the Conflict between Mendelians and Biometricians | 25 |
3 The Conflict between Mendelians and Biometricians | 56 |
The Controversy 19001918 | 90 |
The Synthesis of Mendelism Darwinism and Biometry | 130 |
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