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Authors: A. R. Beaumont, R. A. Beaumont, A. Beaumont
ISBN-13: 9780412493706, ISBN-10: 0412493705
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Date Published: March 1994
Edition: 1st ed

Author Biography: A. R. Beaumont

Book Synopsis

This 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.

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Based on the selected proceedings of an international conference held at the U. of Wales, Bangor, in September 1992, review articles and research papers provide a combination of background information together with current directions of research in the evolution and genetics of organisms in aquatic habitats. The topics discussed include genetic differentiation at population, species, and higher taxonomic levels, heterosis and adaptation, genetics and evolution of asexually reproducing organisms, genetics and pollution, and genetics in aquaculture. Both traditional karyology and allozyme approaches are covered; however, there is a strong focus on current developments in DNA technology and their power to address problems in the field. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	List of contributors
	Preface
	Speciation and species concepts in the marine environment	1
	Genetic divergence between natural populations of Mediterranean sandhoppers (Crustacea, Amphipoda)	15
	A comparison between morphological and genetic data in two species of Tethya (Porifera, Demospongiae)	29
	Wide-scale genetic differentiation among pink shrimp Pandalus borealis populations	41
	The evolution of genetic divergence at protein coding loci among anadromous and nonanadromous populations of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar	52
	Patterns of gene flow in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea	67
	The different levels of population structuring of the dogwhelk, Nucella lapillus, along the south Devon coast	81
	Genetic variation and localized gene flow in the fairy shrimp, Branchipodopsis wolfi, in temporary rainwater pools in southeastern Botswana	96
	Genetic structure of the palourde Ruditapes decussatus L. in the Mediterranean	103
	Geographic structure and gene flow in the manini (convict surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus) in the south-central Pacific	113
	Does variance in reproductive success limit effective population sizes of marine organisms?	122
	The present status of the relationship between heterozygosity and heterosis	135
	Heterosis and heterozygote deficiencies in marine bivalves: more light?	146
	Settlement behaviour and microgeographic population structure in the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides	154
	Genetic variation and population structure in the tropical marine bivalve Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin) (Veneridae)	159
	Genetic variability and success in colonization in two intertidal mussels	168
	The potential of DNA techniques in the population and evolutionary genetics of aquatic invertebrates	177
	Inferred phylogenetic trees of Antarctic brood-protecting schizasterid echinoids from partial 28S ribosomal RNA sequences	199
	Contrasting patterns of DNA polymorphism in the deep-sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) and the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) revealed by random cDNA probes	207
	Molecular phylogenetic studies of fish	219
	Comparisons of mitochondrial DNA variation in four alosid species as revealed by the total genome, the NADH dehydrogenase 1 and cytochrome b regions	249
	Cloning of highly variable minisatellite DNA single-locus probes for brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) from a phagemid library	263
	Characterization and distribution of genomic repeat sequences from Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)	271
	Demographic and life-history characteristics influence the cytonuclear genetic composition of mosquitofish hybrid populations	280
	Evolutionary genetics of aquatic clonal invertebrates: concepts, problems and prospects	291
	Habitat partitioning in Daphnia: coexistence of Daphnia magna clones differing in phototactic behaviour	323
	Variation in reproduction and sex allocation among clones of Daphnia pulex	335
	Influence of differential natality and mortality on temporal fluctuations of Daphnia genotypes in natural populations	342
	Population genetic parameters within a sea anemone family (Sagartiidae) encompassing clonal, semiclonal and aclonal modes of reproduction	351
	Deleterious mutations can account for the maintenance of the haplodiploid cycle	359
	Advances in cytogenetics of aquatic organisms	369
	The nature of Robertsonian chromosomal polymorphism in Nucella lapillus: a re-examination	389
	Karyotype description and the position of the nucleolar organizer region (NOR) in the Chilean oyster Tiostrea chilensis (Philippi) Chanley and Dinamani	399
	Chromosomal relationships of the endemic Amphipoda (Crustacea) in the ancient lakes Ohrid and Baikal	405
	Sympatric speciation in the family Chironomidae (Diptera)	414
	Genetic effects of pollutants on marine and estuarine invertebrates	425
	Chromosome set changes in molluscs from highly polluted habitats	434
	Effects of heavy metals and temperature on the genetic structure and GPI enzyme activity of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite Darwin (Cirripedia: Thoracica)	447
	Effects of copper exposure during early life stages on heterozygosity in laboratory-reared mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) populations	459
	The application and relevance of genetics in aquaculture	467
	Acclimation to fresh water of the sea bass: evidence of selective mortality of allozyme genotypes	486
	Estimating gene-centromere recombination frequencies in gynogenetic diploids of Oreochromis niloticus L., using allozymes, skin colour and a putative sex-determination locus (SDL-2)	502
	Study on sex determination in the common barbel (Barbus barbus L.) (Pisces, Cyprinidae) using gynogenesis	509
	Release and recapture of genetically tagged cod fry in a Norwegian fjord system	519
	Index	529

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