The Measurement of Linkage in Heredity.

Abstract

Intended for the use of research workers in the field of genetics, this book presupposes a thorough understanding of modern theories of inheritance as well as a secure grounding in calculus and mathematical statistics. The author takes up in turn a series of genetic problems in which computations of probability have to be made, beginning with comparatively simple ones from the field of inheritance in animals and going on to some difficult problems of human inheritance. The latter include the ABO factors in blood (page 131), the MN factor (page 127), and the ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (page 125). The author deserves praise for the pains he has taken to be clear and explicit, and the general plan of the book, that of taking up each problem as a unit and giving its numerical solution in detail, is excellent. The book will be invaluable to anyone engaged in genetic studies.