Phylogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Science Winther

Description: Phylogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Science Selected Papers of A. W. F. Edwards with Commentaries Seminal papers by A. W. F. Edwards, published together for the first time with commentaries from leading experts to contextualise his contribution. Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther (Edited by) 9781107111721, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 19 July 2018 552 pages 25.8 x 17.7 x 3 cm, 1.22 kg '… those interested in the scientific process want to look behind that public image. How did these theories and experiments develop? What were the false starts and confusions that were embraced initially and then overcome? In what way do ethical and political factors affect the scientific process, and ought they to do so? One of the virtues of this volume is that it does not shortchange this set of questions.' Elliott Sober, The Quarterly Review of Biology A. W. F. Edwards is one of the most influential mathematical geneticists in the history of the discipline. One of the last students of R. A. Fisher, Edwards pioneered the statistical analysis of phylogeny in collaboration with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, and helped establish Fisher's concept of likelihood as a standard of statistical and scientific inference. In this book, edited by philosopher of science Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, Edwards's key papers are assembled alongside commentaries by leading scientists, discussing Edwards's influence on their own research and on thinking in their field overall. In an extensive interview with Winther, Edwards offers his thoughts on his contributions, their legacy, and the context in which they emerged. This book is a resource both for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of genetics, statistics, and science, and for scientists seeking to develop new algorithmic and statistical methods for understanding the genetic relationships between and among species both extant and extinct. Introduction Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther Part I. Selected Papers of A. W. F. Edwards: 1. The reconstruction of evolution (1963) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza 2. Reconstruction of evolutionary trees (1964) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza 3. Analysis of human evolution under random genetic drift (1964) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza and I. Barrai 4. Analysis of human evolution (1965) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza 5. A method for cluster analysis (1965) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza 6. Studying human evolution by computer (1966) 7. Estimation procedures for evolutionary branching processes (1966) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza 8. Fundamental theorem of natural selection (1967) 9. Phylogenetic analysis: models and estimation procedures (1967) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza 10. Statistical methods in scientific inference (1969) 11. Estimation of the branch points of a branching diffusion process (1970) 12. Review of Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 2 by S. Wright (1971) 13. Affinity as revealed by differences in gene frequencies (1972) with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza 14. Likelihood (1972) 15. The history of likelihood (1974) 16. Are Mendel's results really too close? (1986) 17. Probability and likelihood in genetic counselling (1989) 18. The fundamental theorem of natural selection (1994) 19. Assessing molecular phylogenies (1995) 20. The origin and early development of the method of minimum evolution for the reconstruction of evolutionary trees (1996) 21. Darwin and Mendel united: the contributions of Fisher, Haldane and Wright up to 1932 (2001) 22. Human genetic diversity: Lewontin's fallacy (2003) 23. Parsimony and computers (2004) 24. Statistical methods for evolutionary trees (2009) 25. Mathematizing Darwin (2011) 26. Robert Heath Lock and his textbook of genetics, 1906 (2013) 27. R. A. Fisher's gene-centred view of evolution and the fundamental theorem of natural selection (2014) 28. Analysing nature's experiment: Fisher's inductive theorem of natural selection (2016) Part II. Commentaries: 29. Anthony Edwards' seminal contributions to phylogenetics, likelihood, and understanding R. A. Fisher and the history of genetics Walter Bodmer 30. Anthony Edwards, Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and phylogenies Joseph Felsenstein 31. The historic split and merger of gene trees and species trees Rasmus Nielsen 32. Likelihood and the comparative method in evolutionary biology Mark Pagel 33. Likelihood inference in models for the genetic diversity of populations Elizabeth Thompson 34. A. W. F. Edwards and the origin of Bayesian phylogenetics Ziheng Yang 35. A conversation about Fisher (1930, 1958) Warren J. Ewens 36. Edwards on Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection Samir Okasha 37. A. W. F. Edwards, R. A. Fisher and the genetical theory of natural selection Maurizio Esposito 38. Reading and misreading Fisher: Anthony Edwards and the history of population genetics Jean-Baptiste Grodwohl 39. Variance-partitioning and classification in human population genetics Noah A. Rosenberg Part III. Interviews with A. W. F. Edwards: Day 1: Selection theory Day 2: Phylogenetic inference Day 3: Edwards and Fisher Part IV. A. W. F. Edwards: 40. A W. F. Edwards: curriculum vitae 41. A. W. F. Edwards: list of scientific publications Appendices: a geometric interpretation of Edwards 2003 Amir Najmi The genetic reification of 'race': a story of two mathematical methods Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther 'My Fisher' A. W. F. Edwards 1963 Antonio's theorem. Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Developmental biology [PSC], Genetics [non-medical PSAK], Evolution [PSAJ], History of science [PDX], Philosophy of science [PDA], Probability & statistics [PBT], Population & demography [JHBD]

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