Introduction to conservation genetics /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=125029 |
Table of Contents:
- Genetics and extinction
- Genetic diversity
- Characterizing genetic diversity: single loci
- Characterizing genetic diversity: quantitative variation
- Evolution in large populations: natural selection and adaptation
- Evolution in large populations: mutation, migration and their interactions with selection
- Evolution in small populations
- Maintenance of genetic diversity
- Loss of genetic diversity in small populations
- Inbreeding Inbreeding depression
- Population fragmentation
- Genetically viable populations
- Resolving taxonomic uncertainties and defining management units
- Genetics and management of wild populations
- Genetic management of captive populations
- Genetic management for reintroduction
- Use of molecular genetics in forensics and to understand species biology
- The broader context: Population Viability Analysis (PVA).