Ecological Genetics

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2017
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-62941-4 (ISBN)

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This volume represents work by five distinguished ecological geneticists, offering an up-to-date source for theoretical concepts and experiments in an exciting field. Combining ecological fieldwork and laboratory genetics, ecological genetics examines the adjustments and adaptations of wild populations to their environments. Articles focus on important interactions between genetics and population ecology, delving into issues like gene flow and migration, population differentiation, the maintenance of genetic variation, and the demographic and spatial structure of populations. The contributors--Janis Antonovics, Michael Lynch, Montgomery Slatkin, Joseph Travis, and Sara Via--emphasize the importance of population size and structure, interaction between local selection and genetic drift, and an expanded phenotype including quantitative as well as qualitative characters. This new form of ecological genetics focuses on large-scale geographic variation in demographic and genetic dynamics among small, partially isolated populations and will prove extremely valuable in natural resource management and in rare or endangered species conservation. Originally published in 1994.
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List of ContributorsIntroduction: Current Directions in Ecological Genetics1Gene Flow and Population Structure32Cladistic Analysis of DNA Sequence Data from Subdivided Populations183The Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity: What Do We Really Know?354Population Structure and Local Adaptation in a Clonal Herbivore585Neutral Models of Phenotypic Evolution866Evolutionary Genetics of Daphnia1097The Interplay of Numerical and Gene-Frequency Dynamics in Host-Pathogen Systems1298Ecological Genetics of Metapopulations: The Silene-Ustilago Plant-Pathogen System1469Ecological Genetics of Life-History Traits: Variation and Its Evolutionary Significance17110Evolution in the Sailfin Molly: The Interplay of Life-History Variation and Sexual Selection205Index233

Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
ISBN-10	0-691-62941-2 / 0691629412
ISBN-13	978-0-691-62941-4 / 9780691629414
Zustand	Neuware