Screen LibraryIntroduction to conservation genetics
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 617 p.: ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0521630142 0521639859 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | F062 |
| CLC: |
F062.1 Q16 |
| Call Number: | F062.1/F829 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-606) and index. 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). |