02887cam a2200397 a 4500 0000025730 20230921135604.0 120524s2013 enkmf b a001 0 eng 2012016197 9780470671467 (cloth) 0470671467 (cloth) 9780470671450 (pbk.) 0470671459 (pbk.) (OCoLC)794306380 (OCoLC)794306380 c=Program for Cooperative Cataloging QH75 .A42 2013 333.95/16 23 Allendorf, Frederick William. Conservation and the genetics of populations / Fred W. Allendorf, Gordon Luikart, Sally N. Aitken ; with illustrations by Agostinho Antunes. 2nd ed. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Chichester, West Sussex ; Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 xviii, 602 pages, [8] pagesof color plates : illustration (some color) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Book jacket. Biodiversity conservation. Population genetics. Evolutionary genetics. Luikart, Gordon. Aitken, Sally N. 150603 N 20230822095114.0 10533 10533 0 0 0 0 cutlib cutlib 2023-09-21 0 QH 75 ALL BK00456940 2023-09-21 00:00:00 c.038038 2023-09-21 BK