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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782972803321

Autore

Höglund Jacob <1958->

Titolo

Evolutionary Conservation Genetics [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2009

ISBN

1-282-05309-4

9786612053092

0-19-155026-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

576.58

Soggetti

Genetic Variation

Biological Evolution

Extinction, Biological

Biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity

Conservation biology

Ecological genetics

Evolutionary genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 The extinction vortex, is genetic variation related to extinction?; 2 How to measure genetic variation; 3 Inbreeding, geographic subdivision, and gene flow; 4 Genetic diversity in changing environments; 5 Genes under selection: Mhc and others; 6 Local adaptation; 7 Ecological genomics; 8 An evolutionary conservation biology; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Conservation genetics focuses on understanding the role of genetic variation for population persistence. This book is about the methods used to study genetic variation in endangered species and whether genetic variation matters in the extinction of species. - ;Conservation genetics focuses on understanding the role and requirement of genetic variation for population persistence. However, considerable debate now surrounds the role of genetic factors (as opposed to non-genetic factors such as habitat destruction etc.) in population extinction, and a



comprehensive synthesis is now timely. Can ext