Genetics, Vol 122, 253-268, Copyright © 1989

PERSPECTIVES

GUSTAVE MALECOT AND THE TRANSITION FROM CLASSICAL TO MODERN POPULATION GENETICS

T. NAGYLAKI
Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 60637

The contributions of Gustave Malecot to theoretical population genetics are described, discussed, and put into perspective relative to earlier and later work. In this context, certain aspects of the theory of inbreeding, the correlation between relatives, the evolution of finite panmictic populations, and (in more depth) spatial variation are reviewed. A brief biographical sketch of Malecot is also presented.

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