1: Protein Evolution
2: DNA Evolution
3: The Molecular Clock
4: Selection in a Fluctuating Environment
5: Strong-Selection, Weak-Mutation Approximations
6: Neutral Allele Theories
7: Selection Theories
"John Gillespie has thought harder than anyone else about the
subtleties of the ways in which natural selection can bring about
variation and evolution at the molecular level, and he has an
enviable command of the theoretical and empirical literature on
molecular evolution. [His book] deserves the careful attention of
everyone interested in this field....Well written and informative."
--Science
"I like this book, and it is valuable to have many elements of the
debate under one cover....This work will begin to counter the
influence that defenders of the neutral theory have enjoyed over
the past decade....A timely contribution which will promote
interest in the study of adaptation at the molecular level."
--Nature
"Presents a unified theory that tackles the important current
problem of the origin and maintenance of the genetic variation
found in natural populations. Consideration of the great advances
made in the discipline of population genetics makes this of
interest to many readers." --Choice
"Gillespie provides the first thorough assessment of the success of
selectionist and neutralist arguments in explaining the data on
genetic variation." --The Times Higher Education Supplement
"Examines the whole question of molecular evolution, with reference
to both experimental and mathematical approaches. The layout of the
book allows the three parts to be read independently, which may be
useful for those not mathematically inclined....Recommended for
geneticists, biologists, and evolutionary theorists." --Animal
Breeding Abstracts
"Students in molecular evolution will welcome this book....An
initial attempt to introduce realistic assumptions into current
models of molecular evolution and contains many stimulating and
often provocative ideas." --Laurent Excoffier (University of
Geneva), Human Biology
"John Gillespie has thought harder than anyone else about the
subtleties of the ways in which natural selection can bring about
variation and evolution at the molecular level, and he has an
enviable command of the theoretical and empirical literature on
molecular evolution. [His book] deserves the careful attention of
everyone interested in this field....Well written and informative."
--Science
"I like this book, and it is valuable to have many elements of the
debate under one cover....This work will begin to counter the
influence that defenders of the neutral theory have enjoyed over
the past decade....A timely contribution which will promote
interest in the study of adaptation at the molecular level."
--Nature
"Presents a unified theory that tackles the important current
problem of the origin and maintenance of the genetic variation
found in natural populations. Consideration of the great advances
made in the discipline of population genetics makes this of
interest to many readers." --Choice
"Gillespie provides the first thorough assessment of the success of
selectionist and neutralist arguments in explaining the data on
genetic variation." --The Times Higher Education Supplement
"Examines the whole question of molecular evolution, with reference
to both experimental and mathematical approaches. The layout of the
book allows the three parts to be read independently, which may be
useful for those not mathematically inclined....Recommended for
geneticists, biologists, and evolutionary theorists." --Animal
Breeding Abstracts
"Students in molecular evolution will welcome this book....An
initial attempt to introduce realistic assumptions into current
models of molecular evolution and contains many stimulating and
often provocative ideas." --Laurent Excoffier (University of
Geneva), Human Biology
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