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Informationen zum Autor Giorgio Bertorelle currently teaches Biometry, Phylogeny Reconstruction and Conservation Genetics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. He is the president and co-founder of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology. Klappentext Illustrates the power and utility of the synergy between population genetics and conservation biology in animal conservation. Zusammenfassung Illustrates the power and utility of the synergy between population genetics and conservation biology in animal conservation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Heidi C. Hauffe and Valerio Sbordoni; 2. Statistical methods for identifying hybrids and groups Eric C. Anderson; 3. How to use Migrate or why are Markov chain Monte Carlo programs difficult to use? Peter Beerli; 4. Nested clade phylogeographic analysis for conservation genetics Jennifer E. Buhay, Keith A. Crandall and David Posada; 5. A comparison of methods for constructing evolutionary networks from intraspecific DNA sequences Patrick Mardulyn, Insa Cassens and Michel C. Milinkovitch; 6. Challenges in assessing adaptive genetic diversity: overview of methods and empirical illustrations Aurélie Bonin and Louis Bernatchez; 7. Monitoring and detecting translocations using genetic data Giorgio Bertorelle, Chiara Papetti, Heidi C. Hauffe and Luigi Boitani; 8. Non-invasive genetic analysis in conservation Benoît Goossens and Michael W. Bruford; 9. The role of ancient DNA in conservation biology Jon Beadell, Yvonne Chan and Robert Fleischer; 10. Future-proofing genetic units for conservation: time's up for subspecies as the debate gets out of neutral! Michael W. Bruford; 11. Genetic diversity and fitness related traits in endangered salmonids Katriina Tiira and Craig R. Primmer; 12. Genetics and conservation on islands: the Galápagos giant tortoise as a case study Claudio Ciofi, Adalgisa Caccone, Luciano B. Beheregaray, Michel C. Milinkovitch, Michael Russello and Jeffrey R. Powell; 13. Evolution of population genetic structure in marine mammal species A. Rus Hoelzel; 14. Recent developments in molecular tools for conservation Cristiano Vernesi and Michael W. Bruford; 15. Theoretical outlook Mark Beaumont....
