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Marine Metapopulations
The single-source reference to understanding and implementing marine metapopulation information
Jacob P. Kritzer (Author), Peter F. Sale (Author)
9780120887811, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 26 May 2006
576 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.3 cm, 1.04 kg
"This is the right book at the right time; for those not familiar with marine metapopulations, it is an excellent introduction. it will also serve as a valuable reference for those actively engaged in this research...Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above." --G.C. Jensen in CHOICE
Technological improvements have greatly increased the ability of marine scientists to collect and analyze data over large spatial scales, and the resultant insights attainable from interpreting those data vastly increase understanding of poplation dynamics, evolution and biogeography. Marine Metapopulations provides a synthesis of existing information and understanding, and frames the most important future directions and issues.
PREFACE Chapter 1: HISTORY OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE Chapter 2: DNA, RNA, GENES AND CHROMOSOMES Chapter 3: MENDELIAN GENETIC TRAITS Chapter 4: COMPLEX GENETIC TRAITS Chapter 5: GENOMICS, PROTEOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS Chapter 6: GENETIC AND CELLULAR THERAPIES Chapter 7: REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter 8: INFECTIOUS DISEASES Chapter 9: FORENSIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCE Chapter 10: ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS APPENDIX: MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGY GLOSSARY ABBREVIATIONS INDEX
Subject Areas: Applied ecology [RNC], Oceanography [seas RBKC]