How do genes determine behavior? How much of behavior is nature versus nurture? How do behaviors evolve? This comprehensive textbook addresses these questions and more. It provides a range of examples, such as laboratory studies on flies and mice, field observations on species as diverse as butterfl[...]
The lastest edition of this classic text continues to provide the basis for understanding the genetic principles behind quantitative differences in phenotypes and how they apply to animal and plant improvement and evolution. It extends these concepts to the segregation of genes that cause genetic va[...]