Conservation and the genetics of populations - Allendorf, Frederick William; Luikart, Gordon (Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2007)
1. Introduction -- 2. Phenotype 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 principles -- 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. Conservation breeding and restoration -- 19. Invasive species -- 20. Forensic and management applications of genetic identification
Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-625) and index
Keywords: Biodiversity conservation; Evolutionary genetics; Population genetics