The remarkable true story of one man's quest to break the record for cycling around the world

On the 15th of February 2008, Mark Beaumont had pedaled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris--194 days and 17 hours after setting off in an attempt to circumnavigate the world. His journey had taken him, alone and unsupported, through 18,297 miles, 4 continents, and numerous countries. From broken wheels and unforeseen obstacles in Europe, to stifling Middle Eastern deserts and deadly Australian spiders, to the highways and backroads of America, he'd seen the best and worst that the world...

There is substantial interest in the application of different statistical methods to model and understand population genetic data. This book aims to fill the vacant niche in books dealing with the application of methods imported from computational statistics that have become very popular in the last ten years in population genetic analysis.An introductory background on evolutionary theory is provided, complete with examples and thought-provoking questions that will enable the readers to explore the current data in this field. This text also guides the reader to understand the type of...