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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
ISBN-100412493705
ISBN-139780412493706
eBay Product ID (ePID)1331876
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXviii, 539 Pages
Publication NameGenetics and Evolution of Aquatic Organisms
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLife Sciences / Ecology, Animals / Marine Life, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Genetics
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
AuthorA. R. Beaumont
Subject AreaNature, Science, Medical
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight74.4 Oz
Item Length11.7 in
Item Width8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN93-033230
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromCollege Freshman
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal591.1/5
Table Of ContentPreface. Speciation and wide scale genetic differentiation. Gene flow and population structure. Heterozygosity, heterosis and adaptation. DNA technology and genetics of aquatic invertebrates. DNA technology and phylogeny of fish. Genetics of aquatic clonal organisms. Chromosomal genetics. Genetics and pollution. Genetics and aquaculture.
SynopsisThis volume brings together, for the first time, a wide range of up-to-the-minute and traditional techniques and approaches to the study of genetics of organisms living in freshwater or marine habitats. Carefully edited chapters are headed by broad review articles against which are set a number of more specific experience papers which demonstrate the breadth and range of approaches currently being undertaken.