A Mathematical Theory of Natural and Artificial Selection is the title of a series of scientific papers by the British population geneticist J.B.S. Haldane, published between 1924 and 1934. Haldane outlines the first mathematical models for many cases of evolution due to selection, an important concept in the modern synthesis of Darwin's theory with Mendelian genetics.
Overview
The papers were published in ten parts over ten years in three different journals.
| Part | Year | Subtitle (if applicable) | Reference | External links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1924 | - | Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 23:19-41 | Evolution - Classic texts Springer website |
| II | 1924 | The influence of partial self-fertilisation, inbreeding, assortative mating and selective fertilisation on the composition of Mendelian populations and on natural selection | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1:158-163 | Wiley Interscience website |
| III | 1926 | - | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 23:363-372 | CJO website |
| IV | 1927 | - | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 23:607-615 | CJO website |
| V | 1927 | Selection and mutation | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 23:838-844 | CJO website |
| VI | 1930 | Isolation | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 26:220-230 | CJO website |
| VII | 1931 | Selection intensity as a function of mortality rate | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 27:131-136 | CJO website |
| VIII | 1932 | Metastable populations | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 27:137-142 | CJO website |
| IX | 1932 | Rapid selection | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 28:244-248 | CJO website |
| X | 1934 | Some theorems on artificial selection | Genetics 19:412-429 | Genetics website |