Conservation and the Genetics of Populations

Hardback  644 pp., 215 illus.  ISBN 9781405121453      £35.00

• Provides a thorough understanding of the genetic basis of biological problems in conservation.
• Uses a balance of data and theory, and basic and applied research, with examples taken from both the animal and plant kingdoms.
• An associated website contains example data sets and software programs to illustrate population genetic processes and methods of data analysis.
• Discussion questions and problems are included at the end of each chapter to aid understanding.
• Features Guest Boxes written by leading people in the field including James F. Crow, Nancy FitzSimmons, Robert C. Lacy, Michael W. Nachman, Michael E. Soule, Andrea Taylor, Loren H. Rieseberg, R.C. Vrijenhoek, Lisette Waits, Robin S. Waples and Andrew Young.
• For supplementary information designed to support Conservation and the Genetics of Populations including:

Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction
2. Phenotypic Variation in Natural Populations
3. Genetic Variation in Natural Populations: Chromosomes and Proteins
4. Genetic Variation in Natural Populations: DNA

5. Random Mating Populations: Hardy-Weinberg Principle
6. Small Populations and Genetic Drift
7. Effective Population Size
8. Natural Selection
9. Population Subdivision
10. Multiple Loci
11. Quantitative Genetics
12. Mutation

PART III: GENETICS AND CONSERVATION

13. Inbreeding Depression
14. Demography and Extinction
15. Metapopulations and Fragmentation
16. Units of Conservation
17. Hybridization
18. Conservation Breeding and Restoration
19. Invasive Species
20. Forensic and Management Applications of Genetic Identification

Glossary
Appendix: Probability and Statistics
References
Index