Intraspecific Genetic Diversity [electronic resource] : Monitoring, Conservation, and Management /
Altukhov, Yuri Petrovich.author.
Altukhov, I︠U︡. P.Geneticheskie prot︠s︡essy v populi︠a︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡kh.
Population and evolutionary genetics have been quickly developing fields of biological research over the past decades. This book compiles our current understanding of genetic processes in natural populations. In addition, the book provides the author's original ideas and concepts based on the data obtained by himself and his close coworkers. The author introduces his pioneering concept of population genetic stability, and much of the book is concerned with the factors and conditions of such stability. Why does genetic stability matter so much? Altukhov argues that the sustainable use of natural resources, including genetic resources of populations, critically depends on the maintenance of their stability. The presentation of well-adapted genetic characteristics from one generation to the next is essential for this stability. Traditionally, population genetics has been excused on evolution and the role of evolutionary factors in shaping genetic structures of populations. While the idea of a population as a dynamic unit of evolution has been widely accepted, the significance of genetic stability and its implications for the long-term survival of populations and species have not been fully appreciated.
Translation of a revised and updated version of the author's Geneticheskie prot͡sessy v populi͡at͡sii͡akh.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-428) and index.
The Theoretical Principles of Population Genetics -- Heritable Variation in Populations -- Genetic Processes in Natural Population Systems -- Genetic Processes in Experimental Population Systems -- The Role of Natural Selection in the Maintenance of Protein and DNA Polymorphism -- Population Genetics and Evolution -- Population Genetic Aspects of the Problem "Man and the Biosphere" -- Conclusion.
Population and evolutionary genetics have been quickly developing fields of biological research over the past decades. This book compiles our current understanding of genetic processes in natural populations. In addition, the book provides the author's original ideas and concepts based on the data obtained by himself and his close coworkers. The author introduces his pioneering concept of population genetic stability, and much of the book is concerned with the factors and conditions of such stability. Why does genetic stability matter so much? Altukhov argues that the sustainable use of natural resources, including genetic resources of populations, critically depends on the maintenance of their stability. The presentation of well-adapted genetic characteristics from one generation to the next is essential for this stability. Traditionally, population genetics has been excused on evolution and the role of evolutionary factors in shaping genetic structures of populations. While the idea of a population as a dynamic unit of evolution has been widely accepted, the significance of genetic stability and its implications for the long-term survival of populations and species have not been fully appreciated.
Biochemistry.
Animal genetics.
Plant genetics.
Community ecology, Biotic.
Nature conservation.
Biodiversity.
Biochemistry, general.
Animal Genetics and Genomics.
Plant Genetics and Genomics.
Community & Population Ecology.
Nature Conservation.
Biodiversity.