Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation

• 1: Georgina M. Mace et al.: An Overview of the IssuesI. APPROACHES2: Stephen R. Palumbi and C. Scott Baker: Nuclear Genetic Analysis of Population Structure and Genetic Variation Using Intron Primers3: Stephen A. Karl: Application of Anonymous Nuclear Loci to Conservation Biology4: Peter Fritsch and Loren H. Riesberg: The Use of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) in Conservation Genetics5: Priscilla K. Tucker and Barbara L. Lundrigran: The Utility of Paternally Inherited Nuclear Genes in Conservation Genetics6: Paul L. Leberg: Applications of Allozyme Electrophoresis in Conservation Biology7: Eldredge Bermingham, Gilles Seutin, and Robert E. Ricklefs: Regional Approaches to Conservation Biology: RFLPs, DNA Sequence and Caribbean Birds8: Pierre Taberlet: The Use of Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequencing in Conservation Genetics9: Ludovic Gielly and Pierre Taberlet: Chloroplast DNA Sequencing to Resolve Plant Phylogenies between Closely Related Taxa10: Nicholas Georgiadis: Reconstructing Population History Using PCR-Restriction Site Data11: Derek J. Girman: The Use of PCR-Based Single-Stranded Conformation Polymorphism Analysis (PCR-SSCP) in Conservation Genetics12: Javier Francisco-Ortega et al.: Application of Chloroplast DNA Restriction Site Studies for Conservation Genetics13: Rebecca L. Cann et al.: A PCR Approach to Detection of Malaria in Hawaiian Birds14: Scott V. Edwards and Wayne K. Potts: Polymorphism of Genes in the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC): Implications for Conservation Genetics of Vertebrates15: Kornelia Rassmann, Hans Zischler, and Diethard Tautz: DNA Multilocus Fingerprinting Using Simple Repeat Motif Oligonucleotides16: Terry Burke, Olivier Hannote, and Iris Van Pijlen: Minisatellite Analysis in Conservation Genetics17: Michael W. Bruford et al.: Microsatellites and Their Application to Conservation Genetics18: Phillip A. Morin and David S. Woodruff: Noninvasive Genotyping for Vertebrate Conservation19: Deidre Carter et al.: Future Applications of PCR to Conservation BiologyII. ANALYSIS20: Joseph E. Neigel: Estimation of Effective Population Size and Migration Parameters from Genetic Data21: John Halley and A. Rus Hoelzel: Simulation Models of Bottleneck Events in Natural Populations22: Richard A. Nichols: Assessing Relatedness and Evolutionary Divergence: Why the Genetic Evidence Alone Is InsufficientIII. CASE STUDIES23: Jennifer L. Nielsen: Molecular Genetics and the Conservation of Salmonid Biodiversity: Oncorhynchus at the Edge of Their Range24: Peter Arctander et al.: Population Genetics of Kenyan Impalas--Consequences for Conservation25: Patricia G. Parker, T. A. Waite, and T. Peare: Paternity Studies in Animal Populations26: Stanley Scher: Genetic Structure of Natural Taxus Populations in Western North America27: Craig Moritz et al.: Applications of Genetics to the Conservation and Management of Australian FaunaIV. PERSPECTIVE28: Philip W. Hedrick: Conservation Genetics and Molecular Techniques: A PerspectiveIndex

"This volume successfully conveys this putative statement in both theory and application, and it defines the future of molecular approaches in conservation biology."--Quarterly Review of Biology"This volume successfully conveys this putative statement in both theory and application, and it defines the future of molecular approaches in conservation biology."--Quarterly Review of Biology