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Molecular Techniques in Taxonomy

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Godfrey M. Hewitt

    1. School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

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  2. Andrew W. B. Johnston

    1. School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

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  3. J. Peter W. Young

    1. John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries H: (ASIH, volume 57)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. A Prologue

    1. Past and Future of Taxonomy

      • Jean R David
      Pages 1-3

  3. Overviews

    1. Taxonomy: An Essential Key to Evolutionary Biology

      • R J Berry
      Pages 5-13

    2. Variation at the DNA Level: Something for Everyone

      • Martin Kreitman
      Pages 15-32

    3. Molecular Systematics at the Species Boundary: Exploiting Conserved and Variable Regions of the Mitochondrial Genome of Animals via Direct Sequencing from Amplified DNA

      • Chris Simon
      Pages 33-71

    4. Ribosomal RNA Phylogenies

      • M. Solignac, M. Pélandakis, F. Rousset, A. Chenuil
      Pages 73-85

    5. Evaluating Gene Versus Genome Evolution

      • Robert Cedergren, Yvon Abel, David Sankoff
      Pages 87-99

    6. DNA and Higher Plant Systematics: Some Examples from the Legumes

      • Jeff J. Doyle, Jane L. Doyle
      Pages 101-115

    7. DNA-DNA Hybridization: Principles and Results

      • Jeffrey R. Powell, Adalgisa Caccone
      Pages 117-132

    8. Satellite DNA

      • L. Bachmann, M. Raab, J. Schibel, D. Sperlich
      Pages 133-143

    9. DNA Fingerprinting

      • David T Parkin, J H Wetton
      Pages 145-157

    10. The Statistical Interpretation of Hypervariable DNAs

      • J. F. Y. Brookfield
      Pages 159-169

  5. Protocols

    1. DNA Protocols for Plants

      • Jeffrey Doyle
      Pages 283-293

    2. Preparation and Visualization of Mitochondrial DNA for RFLP Analysis

      • Michel Solignac
      Pages 295-319
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About this book

Taxonomy is fundamental to understanding the variety of life forms, and exciting expansions in molecular biology are re- volutionising the obtained data. This volume reviews the ma- jor molecular biological techniques that are applied in ta- xonomy. The chapters are arranged in three main sections:1) Overviews of important topics in molecular taxonomy; 2) Case studies of the successful application of molecular methods to taxonomic and evolutionary questions; 3) Protocols for a range of generally applicable methods. The described techni- ques include DNA-DNA hybridization, DNA fingerprinting, RFLP analysis, and PCR sequencing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

    Godfrey M. Hewitt, Andrew W. B. Johnston

  • John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK

    J. Peter W. Young

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Techniques in Taxonomy

  • Editors: Godfrey M. Hewitt, Andrew W. B. Johnston, J. Peter W. Young

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries H:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83962-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-83964-1Published: 15 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-83962-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1010-8793

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 410

  • Topics: Zoology, Plant Sciences, Cell Biology

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