Description
Book Synopsis* Provides up-to-date summaries of the latest molecular approaches in this rapidly expanding field. * Gives guidance on the appropriate choice of methods for particular problems in ecology, and their strengths and limitations.
Table of Contents1. Molecular Ecology (A J Baker).
2. General Molecular Biology (R E Carter).
3. Polymerase Chain Reaction (T P Birt & A J Baker).
4. Protein Electrophoresis (A J Baker).
5. Solution DNA-DNA Hybridisation (A H Bledsoe & F H Sheldon).
6. DNA Fingerprinting using minisatellite probes (R E Carter).
7. Mitochondrial DNA (E Randi).
8. Characterization and Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex (Mhc) Geners in Non-Model Organisms, with Examples from Birds (S V Edwards, J Nusser & J Gasper).
9. DNA-fragment markers in plants (C Ritland & K Ritland).
10. Microsatellites: Evolutionary and Methodological Background and Empirical Applications at individual, population and phylogenetic levels (K T Scribner & J M Pearce).
11. Introns (V Friesen).
12. Sex Identification using DNA markers (R Griffiths)
