Conservation and the Genetics of Populations

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 develop conservation plans for species threatened with extinction. 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. Supplementary information designed to support Conservation and the Genetics of Populations including: Downloadable sample chapter Answers to questions and problems Data sets illustrating problems from the book Data analysis software programs Website links An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at href="mailto:HigherEducation@wiley.com">HigherEducation@wiley.com for more information.

Auteur

Fred W. Allendorf is a Regents Professor at the University
of Montana and a Professorial Research Fellow at Victoria
University of Wellington in New Zealand. His primary research
interests are conservation and population genetics. He has
published over 200 articles on the population genetics and
conservation of fish, amphibians, mammals, invertebrates, and
plants. He is a past President of the American Genetic Association,
served as Director of the Population Biology Program of the
National Science Foundation, and has served on the editorial boards
of Conservation Biology, Molecular Ecology,
Evolution, Conservation Genetics, Molecular
Biology and Evolution, and the Journal of Heredity. He
has taught conservation genetics at the University of Montana,
University of Oregon, University of Minnesota, and Victoria
University of Wellington.

Gordon Luikart is a Research Associate Professor at the
University of Montana and a Visiting Professor in the Center for
Investigation of Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the
University of Porto, Portugal. He was a Research Scientist with the
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS)at the University
Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France. His research focuses on the
conservation and genetics of wild and domestic animals, and
includes nearly 50 publications in the field. He was a Fulbright
Scholar at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, is a member
of the IUCN specialists group for Caprinae (mountain ungulate)
conservation, and has served on the editorial boards of
Conservation Biology and Molecular Ecology
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Résumé
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 develop conservation plans for species threatened with extinction.

• 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.
  Supplementary information designed to support Conservation and the Genetics of Populations including:

• Downloadable sample chapter

• Answers to questions and problems

• Data sets illustrating problems from the book

• Data analysis software programs

• Website links
  An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at HigherEducation@wiley.com for more information.

Contenu
Authors of Guest Boxes.Preface.List of Symbols.PART I: INTRODUCTION.1 Introduction.1.1 Genetics and conservation.1.2 What should we conserve?.1.3 How should we conserve biodiversity?.1.4 Applications of genetics to conservation.Guest Box 1 by L. S. Mills and M. E. Soulè: The role of genetics in conservation.2 Phenotypic Variation in Natural Populations.2.1 Color pattern.2.2 Morphology.2.3 Behavior.2.4 Differences among populations.Guest Box 2 by C. J. Foote: Looks can be deceiving: countergradient variation in secondary sexual color in sympatric morphs of sockeye salmon.3 Genetic Variation in Natural Populations: Chromosomes and Proteins.3.1 Chromosomes.3.2 Protein electrophoresis.3.3 Genetic variation within populations.3.4 Genetic divergence among populations.3.5 Strengths and limitations of protein electrophoresis.Guest Box 3 by A. Young and B. G. Murray: Management implications of polploidy in a cytologically complex self-incompatible herb.4 Genetic Variation in Natural Populations: DNA.4.1 Mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.4.2 Single copy nuclear loci.4.3 Multilocus techniques.4.4 Sex-linked markers.4.5 DNA sequences.4.6 Additional techniques and the future.4.7 Genetic variation in natural populations.Guest Box 4 by N. N. FitzSimmons: Multiple markers uncover marine turtle behavior.PART II: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE.5 Random Mating Populations: Hardy–Weinberg Principle.5.1 The Hardy–Weinberg principle.5.2 Hardy–Weinberg proportions.5.3 Testing for Hardy–Weinberg proportions.5.4 Estimation of allele frequencies.5.5 Sex-linked loci.5.6 Estimation of genetic variation.Guest Box 5 by V. Castric and L. Bernatchez: Testing alternative explanations for deficiencies of heterozygotes in populations of brook trout in small lakes.6 Small Populations and Genetic Drift.6.1 Genetic drift.6.2 Changes in allele frequency.6.3 Loss of genetic variation: the inbreeding effect of small populations.6.4 Loss of allelic diversity.6.5 Founder effect.6.6 Genotypic proportions in small populations.6.7 Fitness effects of genetic drift.Guest Box 6 by P. L. Leberg and D. L. Rogowski: The inbreeding effect of small population size reduces population growth rate in mosquitofish.7 Effective Population Size.7.1 Concept of effective population size.7.2 Unequal sex ratio.7.3 Nonrandom number of progeny.7.4 Fluctuating population size.7.5 Overlapping generations.7.6 Variance effective population size.7.7 Cytoplasmic genes.7.8 Gene genealogies and lineage sorting.7.9 Limitations of effective population size.7.10 Effective population size in natural populations.Guest Box 7 by C. R. Miller and L. P. Waits: Estimation of effective population size in Yellowstone grizzly bears.8 Natural Selection.8.1 Fitness.8.2 Single locus with two alleles.8.3 Multiple alleles.8.4 Frequency-dependent selection.8.5 Natural selection in small populations.8.6 Natural selection and conservation.Guest Box 8 by C. A. Stockwell and M. L. Collyer: Rapid adaptation and conservation.9 Population Subdivision.9.1 F-statistics.9.2 Complete isolation.9.3 Gene flow.9.4 Gene flow and genetic drift.9.5 Cytoplasmic genes and sex-linked markers.9.6 Gene flow and natural selection.9.7 Limitations of FST and other measures of subdivision.9.8 Estimation of gene flow.9.9 Population subdi…