''Ecological Genetics'' is a 1964 book by the British biologist

E. B. Ford Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford (23 April 1901 – 2 January 1988) was a British ecological genetics, ecological geneticist. He was a leader among those British biologists who investigated the role of natural selection in nature. As a schoolboy Ford ...

on ecological genetics. Ford founded the field and it is considered his '' magnum opus''. The fourth and final edition was published in 1975. Ford's work was celebrated in 1971 by ''Ecological Genetics and Evolution'', a series of essays edited by Robert Creed, publ. Blackwell, Oxford. This included contributions from

Cyril Darlington Cyril Dean Darlington (19 December 1903 – 26 March 1981) was an English biologist, cytologist, geneticist and eugenicist, who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover, its role in inheritance, and therefore its importance to evolutio ...

, Miriam Rothschild, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Bryan Clarke,

A.J. Cain Arthur James Cain FRS (25 July 1921 – 20 August 1999) was a British evolutionary biologist and ecologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989. Life Arthur James Cain was awarded an open scholarship in 1939 ( Demyship) to ...

, Sir

Cyril Clarke Sir Cyril Astley Clarke, KBE, FRCP, FRCOG, (Hon) FRC Path, FRS (22 August 1907 – 21 November 2000) was a British physician, geneticist and lepidopterist. He was honoured for his pioneering work on prevention of Rh disease of the newborn, ...

and others. Ford and Ronald Fisher represented one side of a dispute with the American Sewall Wright over the relative roles of selection and drift in evolution.

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1964 non-fiction books Ecological genetics Ecology books Genetics books 1964 in biology {{Ecology-book-stub

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