Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics

George Amato is director of the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History, an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Fordham University, and a research associate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Yale University.Rob DeSalle is curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History and scientist at the Museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics. He is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and New York University and is the editor of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Oliver A. Ryder is the associate director and Kleberg Chair of Genetics at the Zoological Society of San Diego's Conservation and Research of Endangered Species Program.Howard C. Rosenbaum is the director of the Ocean Giants program at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

• List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword: The Continuity of Genomes and Genetic Resources for the New Century, by Sydney Brenner Acknowledgments General Introduction Part I. Perspectives on the Union of Conservation and Genetics 1. The Expansion of Conservation Genetics, by Rob DeSalle and George Amato 2. Conservation Genetics and the Extinction Crisis: A Perspective, by William Conway 3. Moving Toward a More Integrated Approach, by George Amato Part II. Conservation Genetics in Action: Assessing the Level and Quality of Genetic Resources in Endangered Species 4. Neutral, Detrimental, and Adaptive Variation in Conservation Genetics, by Philip W. Hedrick 5. Stopping Evolution: Genetic Management of Captive Populations, by Robert C. Lacy 6. The Emerging Theme of Ocean Neighborhoods in Marine Conservation, by Stephen R. Palumbi 7. Genetic Data and the Interpretation of Restoration Priorities of the Cicindela dorsalis Say Complex (Coleoptera: Carabidae): The Components of Conservation Genetics Revisited, by Paul Z. Goldstein Range Collapse, Population Loss, and the Erosion of Global Genetic Resources, by James P. Gibbs Part III. Saving Genetic Resources 9. Biodiversity, Conservation, and Genetic Resources in Modern Museum and Herbarium Collections, by Robert Hanner, Angelique Corthals, and Rob DeSalle 10. Banking of Genetic Resources: The Frozen Zoo at the San Diego Zoo, by Leona G. Chemnick, Marlys L. Houck, and Oliver A. Ryder 11. The Role of Cryopreserved Cell and Tissue Collections for the Study of Biodiversity and Its Conservation, by Vitaly Volobouev 12. The Silent Biodiversity Crisis: Loss of Genetic Resource Collections, by Deborah L. Rogers, Calvin O. Qualset, Patrick E. McGuire, and Oliver A. Ryder 13. Who Owns the Ark, and Why Does It Matter?, by Cathi Lehn, Rebecah Bryning, Rob DeSalle, and Richard Cahoon Part IV. Genomic Technology Meets Conservation Biology 14. Conservomics? The Role of Genomics in Conservation Biology, by George Amato and Rob DeSalle 15. Genomics and Conservation Genetics, by Judith A. Blake 16. Crop Transgenes in Natural Populations, by Norman C. Ellstrand 17. The Role of Assisted Reproduction in Animal Conservation, by Anne McLaren 18. Conservation and Cloning: The Challenges, by Ian Wilmut and Lesley Paterson Part V. Policy, Law, and Philosophy of Conservation Biology in the Age of Genomics 19. Can Our Laws Accommodate the New Conservation Genetics?, by Gerald J. Flattmann Jr., Barbara A. Ruskin, and Nicholas Vogt 20. The Import of Uncertainty, by Sandra D. Mitchell Further Reading List of Contributors Index

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