Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 2. GENETIC VARIATION, DARWINIAN FITNESS, AND GENETIC LOAD 8
6. 3. STUDIES OF IRRADIATED POPULATIONS 23
7. 4. RANDOM MUTATIONS AND VIABILITY 49
8. 5. DILEMMAS AND OPTIONS 68
9. 6. HARD AND SOFT SELECTION 80
10. 7. PERSISTENCE: AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF POPULATION FITNESS 104
11. 8. SELF-CULLING AND THE PERSISTENCE OF POPULATIONS 111
12. 9. SUMMARIZING REMARKS 133
13. 10. STILL TO COME ... 139
14. REFERENCES 161
15. INDEX 171