Genes in Ecology

33rd Symposium of the British Ecological Society
Herausgeber: Berry, R. J.; Hewitt, G. M.; Crawford, T. J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Geneticists and ecologists confront the implications of the others' discipline for their own work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 548
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 822g
• ISBN-13: 9780521549363
• ISBN-10: 0521549361
• Artikelnr.: 25686639

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Genes in Ecology: 1. Genes and ecology in history A. J. Cain and W.
B. Provine; 2. Stochastic processes in populations: the horse behind the
cart? J. R. G. Turner; 3. Population dynamics, natural selection and chaos
H. C. J. Godfray, L. M. Cook and M. P. Hassell; 4. Life-history evolution
R. Sibly and J. Antonovics; 5. These hierarchical views of life:
phylogenies and metapopulations P. H. Harvey, S. Nee, A. Ø. Mooers and L.
Partridge; 6. The coevolution of plant-insect and host-parasite
relationships D. J. Futuyma and R. M. May; Part II. Molecules in Ecology:
7. Adaptation in bacteria: unanswered ecological and evolutionary questions
about well-studied molecules J. P. W. Young and B. R. Levin; 8. Enzymes and
adaptation A. G. Clark and R. K. Koehn; 9. Molecular variation and
ecological problems T. Burke, W. E. Rainey and T. J. White; 10. Ecological
genetics of parasitism R. Ennos; 11. Genes and ecology: two alternative
perspectives using Drosophila M. Kreitman, B. Shorrocks and C. Dytham; Part
III. Ecology in Genetics: 12. Genetic heterogeneity and ecology J. A.
Endler; 13. Density and frequency dependence in ecology: messages for
genetics? M. Begon; 14. Density and frequency dependence: a genetical view
B. C. Clarke and M. A. Beaumont; 15. Functional biology of adaptation M. E.
Feder and W. B. Watt; 16. Life history and mechanical constraints on
reproduction in genes, cells and waterfleas J. S. Jones, D. Ebert and S. C.
Stearns; 17. Conservation biology: the ecology and genetics of endangered
species A. P. Dobson, G. M. Mace, J. Poole and R. A. Brett; 18. Genes in
the real world R. J. Berry and A. D. Bradshaw; Part IV. Techniques and
Protocols: 19. Use of PCR techniques in Drosophila population biology L.
O'Brien, D. Coates, J. Arnold and B. Shorrocks; 20. Polymerase chain
reactions I. Arnau and S. Cooper; 21. The detection of organisms at family,
genus and species level using the polymerase chain reaction to amplify
specific target DNA sequences R. A. McKee, C. M. Gooding, S. D. Garrett and
H. A. Powell; 22. Selection of DNA sequences for use as probes R. A. McKee,
C. M. Gooding, S. D. Garrett, H. A. Powell, B. M. Lund and M. R. Knox; 23.
RAPDs: random amplified polymorphic DNAs D. Howland and J. Arnau; 24. DNA
fingerprinting R. E. Carter; 25. DNA fingerprinting using multilocus and
single locus probes R. E. Carter and D. T. Parkin; 26. Fingerprinting fungi
P. Nicolson, J. Brown and M. Atkinson; 27. Analysis of genetic variation in
populations: southern blotting and restriction fragment length polymorphism
(RFLP) analysis S. Noble, R. Oliver and A. Davy; 28. The use of repetitive
DNA probes in the analysis of natural populations of insects and parasites
P. K. Flook, M. D. Wilson and R. J. Post; 29. C-banding and the
characterization of heterochromatic regions J. M. Rubio and C. Ferris; 30.
Silver staining C. Ferris and J. M. Rubio; 31. Use of a cellulose acetate
system for allozyme electrophoresis I. R. Wynne, H. D. Loxdale and C. P.
Brookes; 32. A device for producing multiple deep-frozen samples for
allozyme electrophoresis I. R. Wynne and C. P. Brookes.