Ecological Genetics (eBook)

Leslie Real (Herausgeber)

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2017
256 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8726-2 (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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Zusatzinfo: 59 line illus. 1 map
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: Allele • allele frequency • Amazon molly • Analysis of covariance • aphid • Charles Darwin • Cladogenesis • coalescent theory • Coefficient of relationship • Coevolution • conservation genetics • Directional selection • disruptive selection • ecological genetics • Effective population size • epistasis • Eugenics • Evolution • evolutionary dynamics • Evolutionary Radiation • Fecundity • female • Fitness (biology) • Fluctuating selection • founder effect • F-Test • Gene • gene conversion • Gene–environment interaction • Gene Flow • Gene Frequency • Genetic architecture • genetic correlation • Genetic divergence • genetic drift • Genetic Linkage • genetic structure • genetic variability • genetic variance • genetic variation • Genotype • Genotype frequency • group selection • heredity • Heritability • human genetic variation • Hybrid (biology) • Immortalised cell line • Inbreeding • inference • Isolation by distance • Isozyme • Linkage Disequilibrium • Local adaptation • Local extinction • Longevity • Maladaptation • mate choice • mating • Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics) • Meiosis • Mendelian Inheritance • metapopulation • Mitochondrial DNA • Modern evolutionary synthesis • mutation rate • Mutation–selection balance • Natural selection • Negative selection (natural selection) • Nucleotide diversity • Overdominance • pathogen • Phenotype • Phenotypic plasticity • Phenotypic trait • photoperiodism • Pleiotropy • Polymorphism (biology) • Polymorphism, Genetic • Population • population dynamics • Population Genetics • Population process • Population Size • predation • Quadrat • Quantitative genetics • quantitative trait locus • Rate of evolution • reaction norm • reproductive isolation • Reproductive success • Salinity • Sexual Selection • Single-nucleotide polymorphism • Speciation • Taxon • Transplant experiment • Virulence • zygosity
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8726-7 / 1400887267
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8726-2 / 9781400887262