9780470671450-0470671459-Conservation and the Genetics of Populations

Conservation and the Genetics of Populations

ISBN-13: 9780470671450
ISBN-10: 0470671459
Edition: 2
Author: Fred W. Allendorf, Sally N. Aitken, Gordon H. Luikart
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Paperback 624 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780470671450
ISBN-10: 0470671459
Edition: 2
Author: Fred W. Allendorf, Sally N. Aitken, Gordon H. Luikart
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Paperback 624 pages

Summary

Conservation and the Genetics of Populations (ISBN-13: 9780470671450 and ISBN-10: 0470671459), written by authors Fred W. Allendorf, Sally N. Aitken, Gordon H. Luikart, was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2012. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Animals (Genetics, Evolution, Conservation, Nature & Ecology, Biological Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Conservation and the Genetics of Populations (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Animals books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.92.

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Loss of biodiversity is among the greatest problems facing the world today. 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 conserve species threatened with extinction, and to manage species of ecological or commercial importance. New molecular techniques, statistical methods, and computer programs, genetic principles, and methods are becoming increasingly useful in the conservation of biological diversity. Using a balance of data and theory, coupled with basic and applied research examples, this book examines genetic and phenotypic variation in natural populations, the principles and mechanisms of evolutionary change, the interpretation of genetic data from natural populations, and how these can be applied to conservation. The book includes examples from plants, animals, and microbes in wild and captive populations.

This second edition contains new chapters on Climate Change and Exploited Populations as well as new sections on genomics, genetic monitoring, emerging diseases, metagenomics, and more. One-third of the references in this edition were published after the first edition.

Each of the 22 chapters and the statistical appendix have a Guest Box written by an expert in that particular topic (including James Crow, Louis Bernatchez, Loren Rieseberg, Rick Shine, and Lisette Waits).

This book is essential for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of conservation genetics, natural resource management, and conservation biology, as well as professional conservation biologists working for wildlife and habitat management agencies.

Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/allendorf/populations.

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