An Introduction to Molecular Ecology - Softcover

Beebee, Trevor; Rowe, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199248575 ISBN 13: 9780199248575

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

Ecology - the study of how individuals and species interact with their surroundings, and each other - has been revolutionised by a new molecular approach to the subject. By using molecular, biological and molecular genetic techniques, ecological interactions can be investigated in more detail and with more accuracy than ever before. An Introduction to Molecular Ecology makes this fascinating area of research accessible to students for the first time. Beginning with the history of molecular ecology, involving the relationships between natural history, genetics and evolution, the book moves on to discuss the areas of molecular population genetics, phylogeography, and molecular ecology in conservation biology. These are just a few of the ten chapters, which are individually structured to include background information, questions of interest, the underlying theory of the various molecular and analytical approaches, and a range of relevant examples. Two substantial appendices detail accounts of the main practical and analytical methods currently used in molecular ecology. Online Resource Centre Illustrations from the book available to download free from the Online Resource Centre at: www.oxfordtextboos.co.uk/orc/biosciences/

About this title

About the Author

Professor Trevor Beebee is a Reader in Biochemistry, in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex. Dr Graham Rowe is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199248575
• ISBN 13: 9780199248575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372