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Phenotypic Evolution in Microfossils

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Evolutionary Biology

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Quantitative genetics as a special discipline of population genetics was greatly stimulated by the appearance of Falconer’s (1960) book, Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. This classic work is based on the results of the pioneering studies done in the 1920s and 1930s by S. Wright, J. B. S. Haldane, and R. A. Fisher, although the development presented by Falconer is distinct in its own right. The book is largely a synthesis of the results of applied geneticists working in the fields of animal husbandry and plant breeding. A recent volume along the same lines as Falconer’s is the book by Bulmer (1980). This deals with the more mathematical aspects of quantitative genetics and complements, but in no way surpasses, the work of Falconer.

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Reyment, R.A. (1983). Phenotypic Evolution in Microfossils. In: Hecht, M.K., Wallace, B., Prance, G.T. (eds) Evolutionary Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6971-8_6

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