Evolution in Age-Structured Populations [Paperback]

Examines theories and methods used to study age-structured populations.Avoiding complicated mathematics, this new edition provides a comprehensive review of the basic mathematical theory of the demography and genetics of age-structured populations, which is of importance for interpreting experiments and observations.Avoiding complicated mathematics, this new edition provides a comprehensive review of the basic mathematical theory of the demography and genetics of age-structured populations, which is of importance for interpreting experiments and observations.In this new edition, Brian Charlesworth provides a comprehensive review of the basic mathematical theory of the demography and genetics of age-structured populations. The author aims to avoid complicated mathematics, but gives full derivations of major theoretical results for the edification of the reader.Preface to first edition; Preface to second edition; 1. Models of age-structured populations; 2. The genetics of populations without selection; 3. Selection: construction of a model and the properties of equilibrium populations; 4. Selection: dynamic aspects; 5. The evolution of life-histories; References; Author index; Subject index. ... an important book which can be recommended to anyone with an interest in population genetics and evolutionary biology. Nature ...classic....will stimulate future study. Choice