(舊版特價-恕不退換)Molecular Ecology

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Description
This 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. The first part of the book introduces the essential underpinnings of molecular ecology and opens with a review of genetics and a discussion of the molecular markers that are most frequently used in ecological research. The second half of the book then moves on to specific applications of molecular ecology, covering phylogeography, behavioural ecology and conservation genetics. The final chapter looks at molecular ecology in a wider context by using a number of case studies that are relevant to various economic and social concerns, including wildlife forensics, agriculture and overfishing.

Table of Contents
1 Molecular Genetics in Ecology
What is Molecular Ecology?

The Emergence of Molecular Ecology
Protein allozymes
Allozymes as genetic markers

An Unlimited Source of Data
Mutation and recombination
Is genetic variation adaptive?
Polymerase chain reaction
Getting data from PCR
Real-time PCR
Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

2 Molecular Markers in Ecology

Understanding Molecular Markers

Modes of Inheritance
Nuclear versus organelle
Haploid chromosomes
Identifying hybrids
Uniparental markers: A cautionary note

Molecular Markers
Co-dominant markers
Dominant markers

Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

3 Genetic Analysis of Single Populations

Why Study Single Populations?
What is a population?

Quantifying Genetic Diversity
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Estimates of genetic diversity
Haploid diversity
Choice of marker

What Influences Genetic Diversity?
Genetic drift
What is effective population size?
Quantifying census population size
Quantifying effective population size
Demographic influences on Ne
Ne, genetic drift and genetic diversity
Population bottlenecks
Founder effects and invasive species
Natural selection
The major histocompatibility complex
Reproduction

Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

4 Genetic Analysis of Multiple Populations

Why Study Multiple Populations?

Quantifying Population Subdivision
Genetic distance
F-statistics
Interpreting FST
Non-a priori identification of populations

Quantifying Gene Flow
Direct methods
Indirect methods
Assignment tests

What Influences Gene Flow?
Barriers to dispersal
Landscape genetics
Metapopulations
Interspecific interactions
Hybridization

Population Differentiation: Genetic Drift and Natural Selection
Gene flow and genetic drift
Gene flow and local adaptation

Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

5 Studying Ecologically Important Traits: Ecogenomics, QTL Analysis, and Reverse Genetics

Studying Ecologically Important Traits
cDNA libraries and ESTs
Microarrays
How do microarrays work?
Probes
Verifying differences in gene expression
Microarray applications
Microarrays and community ecology of microorganisms
Microarrays and genotyping

Connecting Genotype to Phenotype
Reverse genetics

QTL Analysis
Linkage mapping
QTL mapping
QTL mapping of ecologically important traits

Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

6 Phylogeography

What is Phylogeography?

Molecular markers in phylogeography
Organelle versus nuclear markers
Repetitive versus non-repetitive markers

Molecular Clocks

Bifurcating Trees

The Coalescent
Applying the coalescent

Networks

NCPA and Statistical Phylogeography

The Distributions of Genetic Lineages
Subdivided populations
Dispersal and vicariance

Comparative Phylogeography
Regional concordance
Continental concordance
European post-glacial recolonization routes
Dispersal and invasive species

Allele Sharing Between Species
Lineage sorting
Hybridization

Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

7 Behavioural Ecology

Why Use Molecules to Study Behaviour?

Mating Systems
Parentage analysis
Extra-pair fertilizations
Social breeding
Social insects

Manipulating Sex Ratios

Sex Ratio Conflicts

Sex-biased Dispersal
Nuclear and mitochondrial markers
Relatedness
FST values
Assignment tests
Spatial autocorrelation
Concordant results

Predators and Prey
Identifying prey
Predation and conservation

Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

8 Conservation Genetics

The Need for Conservation

Taxonomy
Species concepts
DNA barcoding
Subspecies
Conservation units
Hybrids

Population Size, Genetic Diversity and Inbreeding
Inbreeding depression
Heterozygosity fitness correlations
Self-fertilization
Inbreeding avoidance
Outbreeding depression

Translocations
Genetic rescue
Source populations
Restoration genetics

Captive Breeding
Maximizing genetic diversity
Captive inbreeding and outbreeding

Genetic Diversity Banks

Overview

Chapter Summary

Useful Websites and Software

Further Reading

Review Questions

Glossary

References

Answers to Review Questions

Index