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Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits

by Bruce Walsh (Author), Michael Lynch (Author)
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Quantitative traits-be they morphological or physiological characters, aspects of behavior, or genome-level features such as the amount of RNA or protein expression for a specific gene-usually show considerable variation within and among populations. Quantitative genetics, also referred to as the genetics of complex traits, is the study of such characters and is based on mathematical models of evolution in which many genes influence the trait and in which non-genetic factors may also be important.

Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits presents a holistic treatment of the subject, showing the interplay between theory and data with extensive discussions on statistical issues relating to the estimation of the biologically relevant parameters for these models. Quantitative genetics is viewed as the bridge between complex mathematical models of trait evolution and real-world data, and the authors have clearly framed their treatment as such. This is the second volume in a planned trilogy that summarizes the modern field of quantitative genetics, informed by empirical observations from wide-ranging fields (agriculture, evolution, ecology, and human biology) as well as population genetics, statistical theory, mathematical modeling, genetics, and genomics. Whilst volume 1 (1998) dealt with the genetics of such traits, the main focus of volume 2 is on their evolution, with a special emphasis on detecting selection (ranging from the use of genomic and historical data through to ecological field data) and examining its consequences.
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    Oxford University Press
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    August 30, 2018
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    English
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"...the authors have done an admirable job at integrating the newest results to provide an unusually current and comprehensive guide. It is hard to imagine that anyone publishing in this area could make the case that they have added to what is known without consulting this wonderful book." -- Jarrod Hadfield, Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, The Quarterly Review of Biology

"Decades in the making, the somewhat audacious conceit of collecting everything that we know about evolutionary genetics into a single tome pays dividends in the form a book that will serve as a central resource in the library of every evolutionary biologist." -- Patrick C. Phillips, University of Oregon, USA

"This book has the same outstanding merits as the previous volume. It is authoritative, comprehensive (covering an extremely wide range of topics) and beautifully written. It will remain as the definitive account of the material that it considers for many years to come." -- Warren J. Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA

"Their 1998 book has been an essential and popular teaching and reference text for quantitative geneticists for 20 years. At last the long promised and awaited second volume is available, structured to provide both an introduction for the graduate student and a reference volume for the seasoned professional. The authors display both an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge and ability to explain it." -- William G. Hill, University of Edinburgh, UK

"The book is a fabulous resource; it will be the go-to place to learn about a broad variety of topics in population and quantitative genetics, from measuring differences among populations to estimating selection from genomic sequence data. A real strength of the book is the expert overview of the topics alongside pointers to the key papers for more details." -- Sarah P. Otto, University of British Columbia, Canada

"This long-awaited volume gives an exceptionally comprehensive and thoughtful overview of the field, and will be invaluable to all those who are trying to understand the genetics of complex traits. As well as covering quantitative genetics, it gives a thorough treatment of the most recent methods for making inferences from DNA sequence data." -- Nicholas H. Barton, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria

"This book is a virtuoso synthesis of the theory and application of selection and evolution of complex traits. Much more than an advanced textbook, it is the most comprehensive treatment and synthesis of the theory and analysis of selection and evolution of quantitative traits to date." -- Peter M. Visscher, University of Queensland, Australia

"A masterful synthesis of the growing points in selection analysis." -- Stevan J. Arnold, Oregon State University, USA

About the Author

Bruce Walsh, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, USA,Michael Lynch, Professor and Director, Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, USA

Bruce Walsh is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. He has taught advanced classes on quantitative genetics in 25 different countries and his research interests are at the interface of biology, genetics, mathematical modelling, and statistics. He is also an avid lepidopterist, having described over two dozen species of new moths and has three species named after him.

Michael Lynch is Professor in the Schoool of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and is Center Director of the Biodesign Center for Mechanims of Evolution. His research is focused on mechanisms of evolution at the gene, genomic, cellular, and phenotypic levels, with special attention being given to the roles of mutation, random genetic drift, and recombination. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (August 30, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1496 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198830874
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198830870
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.55 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 2.4 x 9 x 11.1 inches
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I'm a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (with a joint appointment in the College of Public Health, and adjunct appointments in Plant Sciences, Animal Sciences, and Molecular and Cellular Biology) at the University of Arizona.

I'm a biologist with a strong interest in genetics, evolution, mathematical modeling, and statistics. I'm also an amateur Lepidopterist, having described around two dozen new species of moths and have several species named after me. The moth on the cover of Walsh and Lynch is Lithophane leeae, a pink moth named after my wife, Lee, who drives a bright pink pickup (the rabbit is also hers). The logic behind the cover layout is that while the book is rather technical in a number of places, the mathematics and statistics all have direct bearing on discovering the processes that shape organismal form and function (hence the intermixing of equations and pictures of organisms).

Lynch and Walsh (1998), aka Volume 1, and Walsh and Lynch (2018), aka Volume 2, are the first two books in a planned trilogy reviewing the entire field of quantitative genetics and all its applications (plant and animal breeding, human genetics, evolution, ecological genetics, genomics, statistics, mathematical modeling). The final volume, 3, will cover multivariate aspects.

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M. Feldmann
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is everything a 20 year wait was cracked up to be.
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019
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First and foremost I must say that I, like almost all of my colleagues, are big fans of Volume 1. However, Volume 2 is almost twice the size in every dimension and weighs in ~3.5Kg with roughly the same font size. ~1500 pages of only the gorey details.

Formatted in much the same way as Volume 1, Volume 2 is not an "easy read" but it, at least what has been read, is clearly written. The fact of the matter is if these books were easier to read they would contain less information and would not be regarded as THE definitive resources for the study of quantitative traits.

I admit that I have not read the whole book, but I also haven't read the entire dictionary, or an entire encyclopedia... who would! This book is best served sitting gloriously on a lectern so that the reader may easily, and without the risk of back injury, turn to the section of interest and learn, nearly, all there is to know of the subject.

A book of this magnitude could only be conceived and completed by absolute madmen.

My only upset with the book so far, is that it alludes to a tome yet unwritten regarding multivariate problems in quant gen... Volume 3. Nestled nicely between equation 13.23a and 13.23b, as well other places throughout, you will find this awe inspiring reference.

tldr; WOW!
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Lucas Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece of Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics!
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2019
I study fundamental and diverse mechanisms and processes of evolution from the molecular to the ecosystems/biosphere(macroecology) levels(evolutionary innovation, evolvabilty, robustness, niche construction so on), evolutionary quantitative genetics is a first step in understanding causative forces behind evolutionary transformations! The book covers aspects of non-adaptive evolutionary processes(like drift, Organic Nonoptimal Constrained Evolution or O.N.C.E. and sexual selection/conflict, behavior etc), non-genetic variational(environmental effects on trait development and function) factors like epigenetics and phenotypic plasticity (which can include extended epigenetic inheritance), and the whole of evolutionary population genetics! A book like this is exactly what I needed to do more mathematical and statistical analysis on the evolutionary processes I study! I'm very fascinated with speciation for example, especially ecological speciation(most notably sensory-drive, pollinator-drive and behavioral/sexual isolating mechanisms)! Of course this has many of the tools I need to study these complex process systems!

Adaptive dynamics can be very complex in evolving populations and ecosystems, in which this volume can be a start to the quantitative analysis of creative co-eco-evolutionary processes and patterns! Advance praise for 'evolution and selection of quantitative traits' by two giants in the field of Evolutionary quantitative genetics! Next is evolutionary ecological quantitative genomics, epigenetics, epigenomics as well hologenomics(symbiogenomics, microbiomes and Horizontal gene transfer etc)! Perhaps the next volume considers more of the complexities of evolutionary dynamics(some chapters mention some of these and other aspects) like multi-level/multifarious selection(social evolution), non-genetic variational factors like plasticity(environmental effects and responses), mutation hotspots(natural genetic engineering), phenotypic integration, genotype space, morphometrics, adaptive diversification/dynamics, gene regulatory networks, epistasis, phylogenomics, ecophylogenetics, (like high dimensional adaptive fitness landscapes especially relating to developmental evolution) so on. From the hint to the third volume, my guess is that some of these issues and others will be considered! These would be complexities in multivariate aspects of quantitative genetics; such would be for eco-evolutionary dynamics and the geographic mosaic of coevolution!

Also I'm interested in astrobiology, theoretical ecology, a field I'm pioneering called 'quantum infothermodynamic evolutionary systems biology'(quantum syntropic and syn-entropic holo-fractal evolutionary biological information theory QEBIT) which includes biosemiotics, infobiotics, code biology, evolutionary developmental biology and eco-evo-devo so on! My own work stands on the shoulders of these two giants of evolutionary biology!

Some of my models of evolution driven by organismal agency and other random/stochastic & non-random processes like especially drift(neutral mutations, cryptic genetic and epigenetic variation, epigenetic evolutionary capacitors) selection(divergent natural and sexual selection) are described as differential selective intra-to-inter-modular and inter-to-intra-modular constructive neutral molecular evolution and modular plasticity and robustness including genetic assimilation; of which I've been working on population genetics models for(as well models of natural quantum-fractal genetic and epigenetic engineering)! This will be a great edition to add to my library(ebook) and a basic encyclopedic reference of evolutionary quantitative and population genetics for my own research(also I recommend you get the book 'Encyclopedia of evolutionary biology' published by Academic Press, circa 2016)! Thanks for your work in the field of evolutionary biology! I'm absolutely passionate about evolutionary dynamics!.
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Christos Palaiokostas
5.0 out of 5 stars A new classic in the field of evolution and quantitative genetics
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2019
Top-notch material from a leading teacher and scientist
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Saikat Chakraborty
5.0 out of 5 stars A Glorious Achievement
Reviewed in India on September 6, 2018
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This is THE master reference for every evolutionary geneticist. Thanks Amazon for making this book available on Kindle.
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