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Further reading
CHAPTER 9 / Quantitative Genetics 251
Falconer & Mackay (1996) is the standard introduction. Lewontin’s chapters on the
subject in Griffiths et al. (2000) are also introductory. Roff (1997) and Lynch & Walsh
(1998) are recent comprehensive texts. Volume 2 of Wright (1969) is classic and
advanced.
On Darwin’s finches, see Grant (1986, 1991), Grant & Grant (1995, 2000, 2002), and
the popular book by Weiner (1994).
I have described quantitative genetics as being concerned with characters for which
the genes are unknown. One current research topic is to identify the genes contributing
to quantitative characters. See the textbooks and Beldade et al. (2002a) for a recent
example that connects with Chapter 20 in this text about the gene Distal-less, which
contributes to variation in butterfly eyespots.
The various debates about heritability, genetic variation, and response to selection
can be traced through the general texts I refer to above. The review of rates of evolution
by Hendry & Kinnison (1999) mainly connects with Chapter 21 in this book, but the
material in it is similar to that in the reviews by Kingsolver et al. (2001) and Hoekstra
et al. (2001): this allows a line of synthesis between this chapter and Chapter 21.
Scharloo (1987, 1991) reviews non-linear selection responses and canalization. Gibson
& Wagner (2000) also discuss canalization. See Chapter 10 for more on canalization and
then Chapter 20 for references on the breakdown of canalization and on “evolvability.”