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RECORD NUMBER: 5 OF 7Main Title | Introduction to conservation genetics | |||||||||||
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Author | Frankham, Richard | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2002 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 46671245 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0521630142 0521639859 (pbk.) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Germplasm resources ; Ressources g en etiques | |||||||||||
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Collation | xxi, 617 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. {567}-606) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Genetics and extinction -- Genetic diversity -- Characterizing genetic diversity: single loci -- Characterizing genetic diversity: quantitative variation -- Evolution in large populations: natural selection and adaptation -- Evolution in large populations: mutation, migration and their interactions with selection -- Evolution in small populations -- Maintenance of genetic diversity -- Loss of genetic diversity in small populations -- Inbreeding Inbreeding depression -- Population fragmentation -- Genetically viable populations -- Resolving taxonomic uncertainties and defining management units -- Genetics and management of wild populations -- Genetic management of captive populations -- Genetic management for reintroduction -- Use of molecular genetics in forensics and to understand species biology -- The broader context: Population Viability Analysis (PVA). |