Conservation and the genetics of populations - Allendorf, Frederick William; Luikart, Gordon; Aitken, Sally N.; Antunes, Agostinho (Chichester, West Sussex, [England] Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
1. Introduction.--2. Phenotypic variation in natural populations.--3. Genetic variation in natural populations: chromosomes and proteins.--4. genetic variation in natural populations: DNA.--5. Random mating populations: Hardy-Weinberg principle.--6. Small populations and genetic drift.--7. Effective population size.--8. Natural selection.--9. Population subdivision.--10. Multiple loci.--11. Quantitative genetics.--12. Mutation.--13. Inbreeding depression.--14. Demography and extinction.--15. Metapopulations and fragmentation.--16. Units of conservation.--17. Hybridization.--18. Exploited populations.-- 19. Conservation breeding and restoration.-- 20. Invasive species.--21. Climate change.--22. Genetic identification and monitoring.--Appendix: probability and statistics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [531]-586) and index.
Keywords: Biodiversity conservation; Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics