Conservation and the genetics of populations.9781405121453 Conservation and the genetics genetics, scientific study of the mechanism of heredity. While Gregor Mendel first presented his findings on the statistical laws governing the transmission of certain traits from generation to generation in 1856, it was not until the discovery and detailed study of of populations. Allendorf Allendorf may refer to the following places:
Blackwell Black·well , Elizabeth 1821-1910. British-born American physician who was the first woman to be awarded a medical doctorate in modern times (1849). Publishing 2007 642 pages $84.95 Paperback QH75 Allendorf and Luikart (both U. of Montana) explain how to apply the concepts and tools of genetics to problems in conservation, providing a foundation and a few examples rather than trying to review the extensive literature. They speak primarily to trained biologists and to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in biological sciences or resource management who have a basic understanding of ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. and genetics. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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