Journal of Heredity Advance Access originally published online on June 29, 2007
Journal of Heredity 2007 98(4):382; doi:10.1093/jhered/esm035
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Book Review |
Principles of Population Genetics, 4th edition
Daniel L. Hartl and Andrew G. Clark.Sinauer and Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2007. xv + 652 pp, ISBN-10: 0-87893-308-5.
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In the first 3 editions of their text, Hartl and Clark were able to establish their book as not only a useful introduction to a complex and challenging field but also a highly useful reference that deserves a place on the shelf of any biologist. The fourth edition of the book continues this tradition.
The book provides an excellent summary of the basics of population genetics. As usually taught, this can be
Department of Biology, Divison of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116