Introduction To Statistical Methods In Modern Genetics

Statistics plays an important role in genetics. Though the basic statisticaltheory behind modern genetics is not that difficult most statistical geneticspapers ... » 

Statistics plays an important role in genetics. Though the basic statisticaltheory behind modern genetics is not that difficult most statistical geneticspapers are not easy to read for a beginner. Formulae quickly becomes verytedious to fit a particular area of application.This book tries to distinguish between the necessary and unnecessary complexityin presenting the material to a statistician or a data analyst. Derivationsof methods are kept simple but without losing the mathematical details.This book also provides some necessary background in modern genetics for thosewho want to get into this area from biological and molecular experiments togene hunting to genetic engineering. «