Convergent issues in genetics and demography / editors, Julian Adams, David A. Lam, Albert I. Hermalin and Peter E. Smouse.

"Derived from a series of papers presented at an international conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 7-8, 1988, entitled `Convergent questions in genetics and demography'" (p.v). - Includes bibl. Contents: Macro versus micro / M. Livi- Bacci; From history to genes / Elizabeth Thompson; Migration and genetic structure in an isolated population in Argentina / E.E. Castilla, J. Adams Demographic behavior, mating patterns and the distribution of inbreeding / P.W. Leslie; Migration and genetic differentiation in Italy / A. Piazza; Heterogeneous frailty analysis / D. Lam, P.E. Smouse; Heterogeneity in demographic research / J. Trussel, G. Rodriguez; Limitations of a heterogeneity technique / J.M. Hoem; Kindred lifetimes / J.W. Vaupel; Heterogeneity in fecundability / J.W. Wood, M. Weinstein; Biology, homology and epidemiology / K.M. Weiss; Genetics, geography and epidemiology / P.E. Smouse, M.S. Teitelbaum; Some lessons from genetic epidemiology / W.J. Schull; The Utah population data base / L.L. Bean; Genetic interpretation of disease clustering / Jurg Ott; Persistent issues / A.I. Hermalin, A.J. Coale; Genetic comparisons of life stages in natural populations of Zoarces viviparus / F.B. Chsistiansen; The minimum viable population size as a genetic and demographic concept / W.J. Ewens; Two-sex population models and classical stable population theory / R.A. Pollak; Sources of variation in vital rates / S.H. Preston.

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