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Intraspecific Genetic Diversity

Monitoring, Conservation, and Management

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Yuri P. Altukhov

    1. N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, GSP-1, Russia

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  • How to preserve the stability and genetic characteristics of natural populations
  • A prerequisite for their successful utilization by man and the continuing existence of the man-biosphere system
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-3

  3. The Theoretical Principles of Population Genetics

    Pages 5-42

  4. Heritable Variation in Populations

    Pages 43-104

  5. Genetic Processes in Natural Population Systems

    Pages 105-147

  6. Genetic Processes in Experimental Population Systems

    Pages 149-185

  7. The Role of Natural Selection in the Maintenance of Protein and DNA Polymorphism

    Pages 187-231

  8. Population Genetics and Evolution

    Pages 233-285

  9. Population Genetic Aspects of the Problem “Man and the Biosphere”

    Pages 287-369

  10. Conclusion

    Pages 371-378

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 379-438
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Population and evolutionary genetics have been quickly developing ?elds 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 thebook 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 popu- tions, critically depends on the maintenance of their stability. The preser- tion of well-adapted genetic characteristics from one generation to the next is essential for this stability. Traditionally, population genetics has been - cusedonevolution andthe role of evolutionary factorsinshapinggenetic structures of populations. While the idea of a population as a dynamic unit of evolution has been widely accepted, the signi?cance of genetic stability and its implications for the long-term survival of populations and species have not been fully appreciated.

Authors and Affiliations

  • N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, GSP-1, Russia

    Yuri P. Altukhov

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