Population genetics is the study of the distribution of and change in
allele frequencies under the influence of the four evolutionary forces:
natural selection,
genetic drift,
mutation and
migration. It also takes account of population subdivision and population structure in space. As such, it is the theory that attempts to explain such phenomena as
adaptation and
speciation.
Population genetics was a vital ingredient in the
modern synthesis, its primary founders were
Sewall Wright,
J. B. S. Haldane and
Ronald Fisher, who also laid the foundations for the related discipline of
quantitative genetics[?].
- John Gillespie Population Genetics: A Concise Guide, Johns Hopkins Press, 1998 ISBN 0-8018-5755-4
- Daniel Hartl Primer of Population Genetics, 3rd edition, Sinauer, 2000 ISBN 0878933042
- Daniel Hartl and Andrew Clark Principles of Population Genetics, 3rd edition, Sinauer 1997 ISBN 0-87893-306-9