(Ebook) Handbook of Statistical Genetics by David J. Balding, Martin Bishop, Chris Cannings ISBN 9780470058305, 9780470997628, 0470058307, 0470997621

(Ebook) Handbook of Statistical Genetics by David J. Balding, Martin Bishop, Chris Cannings ISBN 9780470058305, 9780470997628, 0470058307, 0470997621

The book is a collection of chapters written by experts in their respective fields. It contains both basic topics of genetics like chromosome maps and protein analysis as well as recent developments in evolutionary genetics like coalescence and phylogenetics. The topics on genetic epidemiology like linkage and association cover the main ideas, but the mathematical subtlities are not adequately explained in some of the cases. Since the target audience of this book are statistical geneticists, it would have been more beneficial if more quantitative insights were given. The chapters by Bruce Weir, Nicholas Schork and Ranajit Chakraborty provide some interesting practical applications of statistical genetics. With lots of controversies going around, it is apt to include the chapter on the ethical issues regarding the use of statistics in genetics.