{"product_id":"molecular-ecology-2e-9780470748343","title":"Molecular Ecology 2e","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second edition provides an accessible introduction to the many diverse aspects of this subject. The book unites theory with examples from a wide range of taxa in a logical and progressive manner, and its straightforward writing style makes subjects such as population genetics and phylogenetics highly comprehensible to its readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Molecular Genetics in Ecology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is molecular ecology?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emergence of molecular ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtein allozymes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAllozymes as genetic markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn unlimited source of data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMutation and recombination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs genetic variation adaptive?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolymerase chain reaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting data from PCR.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantitative PCR.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful websites and software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Molecular Markers in Ecology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding molecular markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModes of Inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNuclear versus organelle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHaploid chromosomes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying hybrids.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniparental markers: A cautionary note\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMolecular markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCo-dominant markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDominant markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful websites and software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Genetic Analysis of Single Populations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Study Single Populations?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a population?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying genetic diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHardy-Weinberg equilibrium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEstimates of genetic diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHaploid diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoice of marker.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Influences Genetic Diversity?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic drift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is effective population size?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying census population size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying effective population size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemographic influences on N\u003csub\u003ee.\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u003csub\u003ee\u003c\/sub\u003e, genetic drift and genetic diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation bottlenecks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFounder effects and invasive species.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural selection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe major histocompatibility complex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful websites and software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Genetic Analysis of Multiple Populations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy study multiple populations?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying Population Subdivision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic distance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF-statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting \u003ci\u003eF\u003c\/i\u003e\u003csub\u003eST\u003c\/sub\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNon-\u003ci\u003ea priori\u003c\/i\u003e identification of populations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying Gene Flow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirect methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndirect methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssignment tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Influences Gene Flow?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarriers to dispersal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLandscape genetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetapopulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterspecific interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHybridization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation differentiation: genetic drift and natural selection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGene flow and genetic drift.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGene flow and local adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful websites and software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline activities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Studying Ecologically Important Traits: Ecogenomics, QTL Analysis, and Reverse Genetics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying ecologically important traits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecDNA libraries and ESTs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicroarrays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow do microarrays work?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProbes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerifying differences in gene expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicroarray applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicroarrays and community ecology of microorganisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicroorganism functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicroarrays and genotyping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnecting genotype to phenotype.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReverse genetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQTL analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinkage mapping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQTL mapping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQTL mapping of ecologically important traits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful Websites and Software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Phylogeography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Phylogeography?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMolecular markers in phylogeography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganelle versus nuclear markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepetitive versus non-repetitive markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMolecular clocks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBifurcating trees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe coalescent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplying the coalescent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetworks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNested Clade Phylogeographic Amalysis and statistical phylogeography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe distributions of genetic lineages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubdivided populations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDispersal and vicariance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative phylogeography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional concordance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinental concordance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean post-glacial recolonization routes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDispersal and invasive species.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAllele sharing between species.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLineage sorting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHybridization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful websites and software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline activities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Behavioural Ecology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy use molecules to study behaviour?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMating systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParentage analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtra-pair fertilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial breeding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial insects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManipulating sex ratios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSex ratio conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSex-biased dispersal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNuclear and mitochondrial markers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelatedness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFST values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssignment tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial autocorrelation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcordant results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePredators and prey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying prey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePredation and conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful websites and software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline activities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Conservation Genetics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe need for conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaxonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecies concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDNA barcoding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubspecies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservation units.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHybrids.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation size, genetic diversity and inbreeding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInbreeding depression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeterozygosity fitness correlations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-fertilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInbreeding avoidance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutbreeding depression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslocations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource populations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestoration genetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaptive breeding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaximizing genetic diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaptive inbreeding and outbreeding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic diversity banks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful websites and software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline activities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnswers to Review Questions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e 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