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Auch die 2. Auflage ueberzeugt durch eine umfassende Darstellung des Fachgebiets der Naturschutzgenetik. Neben Beitraegen international renommierter Naturschutzgenetiker in jedem Kapitel bietet die begleitende Website Zugang zu einer Vielzahl von weiterfuehrenden Materialien.
Table des matières
Guest Box authors, ixPreface to the second edition, xiPreface to the first edition, xiiiList of symbols, xvPART I: INTRODUCTION, 11 Introduction, 3Guest Box 1: L. Scott Mills and Michael E. Soulé, The role of genetics in conservation, 132 Phenotypic variation in natural populations, 14Guest Box 2: Chris J. Foote, Looks can be deceiving: countergradient variation in secondary sexual color in sympatric morphs of sockeye salmon, 323 Genetic variation in natural populations: chromosomes and proteins, 34Guest Box 3: E. M. Tuttle, Chromosomal polymorphism in the white-throated sparrow, 524 Genetic variation in natural populations: DNA, 54Guest Box 4: Louis Bernatchez, Rapid evolutionary changes of gene expression in domesticated Atlantic salmon and its consequences for the conservation of wild populations, 74PART II: MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE, 775 Random mating populations: Hardy- Weinberg principle, 79Guest Box 5: Paul Sunnucks and Birgita D. Hansen, Null alleles and Bonferroni 'abuse': treasure your exceptions (and so get it right for Leadbeater's possum), 936 Small populations and genetic drift, 96Guest Box 6: Menna E. Jones, Reduced genetic variation and the emergence of an extinction-threatening disease in the Tasmanian devil, 1157 Effective population size, 117Guest Box 7: Craig R. Miller and Lisette P. Waits, Estimation of effective population size in Yellowstone grizzly bears, 1348 Natural selection, 136Guest Box 8: Paul A. Hohenlohe and William A. Cresko, Natural selection across the genome of the threespine stickleback fish, 1549 Population subdivision, 156Guest Box 9: M.K. Schwartz and J.M. Tucker, Genetic population structure and conservation of fisher in western North America, 18510 Multiple loci, 187Guest Box 10: Robin S. Waples, Estimation of effective population size using gametic disequilibrium, 20311 Quantitative genetics, 205Guest Box 11: David W. Coltman, Response to trophy hunting in bighorn sheep, 22912 Mutation, 230Guest Box 12: Michael W. Nachman, Color evolution via different mutations in pocket mice, 242PART III: GENETICS AND CONSERVATION, 24513 Inbreeding depression, 247Guest Box 13: Lukas F. Keller, Inbreeding depression in song sparrows, 26814 Demography and extinction, 270Guest Box 14: A. G. Young, M. Pickup, and B. G. Murray, Management implications of loss of genetic diversity at the selfincompatibility locus for the button wrinklewort, 29315 Metapopulations and fragmentation, 296Guest Box 15: Robert C. Vrijenhoek, Fitness loss and genetic rescue in stream-dwelling topminnows, 31316 Units of conservation, 316Guest Box 16: David J. Coates, Identifying units of conservation in a rich and fragmented flora, 35017 Hybridization, 352Guest Box 17: Loren H. Rieseberg, Hybridization and the conservation of plants, 37518 Exploited populations, 377Guest Box 18: Gu?rún Marteinsdóttir, Long-term genetic changes in the Icelandic stock of Atlantic cod in response to harvesting, 39319 Conservation breeding and restoration, 395Guest Box 19: Robert C. Lacy, Understanding inbreeding depression: 25 years of experiments with Peromyscus mice, 41920 Invasive species, 421Guest Box 20: Richard Shine, Rapid evolution of introduced cane toads and native snakes, 43821 Climate change, 440Guest Box 21: S. J. Franks, Rapid evolution of flowering time by an annual plant in response to climate fluctuation, 45322 Genetic identification and monitoring, 455Guest Box 22: C. Scott Baker, Genetic detection of illegal trade of whale meat results in closure of restaurants, 481Appendix: Probability and statistics, 484A1 Paradigms, 485A2 Probability, 487A3 Statistical measures and distributions, 489A4 Frequentist hypothesis testing, statistical errors, and power, 496A5 Maximum likelihood, 499A6 Bayesian approaches and MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo), 500A7 Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), 504A8 Parameter estimation, accuracy, and precision, 504A9 Performance testing, 506A10 The coalescent and genealogical Information, 506Guest Box A: James F. Crow, Is mathematics necessary?, 511Glossary, 513References, 531Index, 587Color plates section between page 302 and page 303
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"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above." ( Choice , 1 October 2013)
