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Conservation and the Genetics of Populations
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Description| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons (UK) |
| Author(s) | Fred W. Allendorf / Gordon H. Luikart / Sally N. Aitken |
| Edition | 1 |
| Published | 23rd November 2012 |
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Loss of biodiversity is among the greatest problems facing the
world today. Conservation and the Genetics of Populations
gives a comprehensive overview of the essential background,
concepts, and tools needed to understand how genetic information
can be used to conserve species threatened with extinction, and to
manage species of ecological or commercial importance. New
molecular techniques, statistical methods, and computer programs,
genetic principles, and methods are becoming increasingly useful in
the conservation of biological diversity. Using a balance of data
and theory, coupled with basic and applied research examples, this
book examines genetic and phenotypic variation in natural
populations, the principles and mechanisms of evolutionary change,
the interpretation of genetic data from natural populations, and
how these can be applied to conservation. The book includes
examples from plants, animals, and microbes in wild and captive
populations.
world today. Conservation and the Genetics of Populations
gives a comprehensive overview of the essential background,
concepts, and tools needed to understand how genetic information
can be used to conserve species threatened with extinction, and to
manage species of ecological or commercial importance. New
molecular techniques, statistical methods, and computer programs,
genetic principles, and methods are becoming increasingly useful in
the conservation of biological diversity. Using a balance of data
and theory, coupled with basic and applied research examples, this
book examines genetic and phenotypic variation in natural
populations, the principles and mechanisms of evolutionary change,
the interpretation of genetic data from natural populations, and
how these can be applied to conservation. The book includes
examples from plants, animals, and microbes in wild and captive
populations.
This second edition contains new chapters on Climate Change and
Exploited Populations as well as new sections on genomics, genetic
monitoring, emerging diseases, metagenomics, and more. One-third of
the references in this edition were published after the first
edition.
Each of the 22 chapters and the statistical appendix have a
Guest Box written by an expert in that particular topic (including
James Crow, Louis Bernatchez, Loren Rieseberg, Rick Shine, and
Lisette Waits).
This book is essential for advanced undergraduate and graduate
students of conservation genetics, natural resource management, and
conservation biology, as well as professional conservation
biologists working for wildlife and habitat management
agencies.
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