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1 online resource (xix, 561 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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pt. 1. Genetic variation, population structure, and phylogeography. 1. Evolutionary genetics of cave-dwelling fishes of the genus Astyanax / Avise, J.C. and R.K. Selander. 2. Biochemical polymorphism and systematics in the genus Peromyscus / Avise, J.C. [and others]. 3. Mitochondrial DNA clones and matriarchal phylogeny within and among geographic populations of the pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis / Avise, J.C. [and others]. 4. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation in North Atlantic eels : population genetic consequences of an unusual life history pattern / Avise, J.C. [and others]. 5. Genetic variation and geographic differentiation in mitochondrial DNA of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus / Saunders, N.C., L.G. Kessler, and J.C. Avise. 6. Phylogeographic population structure of red-winged blackbirds assessed by mitochondrial DNA / Ball, R.M. [and others]. 7. A genetic test of natal homing versus social facilitation models for green turtle migration / Meylan, A.B., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 8. Balancing selection at allozyme loci in oysters : implications from nuclear RFLPs / Karl, S.A. and J.C. Avise. 9. Phylogeography of colonially nesting seabirds, with special reference to global matrilineal patterns in the sooty tern (Sterna fuscata) / Avise, J.C. [and others] -- pt. 2. Clonality, unisexuality, and hermaphroditism. 10. Histocompatibility bioassays of population structure in marine sponges : clonal structure in Verongia longissima and Iotrochota birotulata / Neigel, J.E. and J.C. Avise. 11. Mode of inheritance and variation of mitochondrial DNA in hybridogenetic fishes of the genus Poeciliopsis / Avise, J.C. and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 12. An ancient clonal lineage in the fish genus Poeciliopsis (Atheriniformes : Poeciliidae / Quattro, J.M., J.C. Avise, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 13. Molecular documentation of polyembryony and the micro-spatial dispersion of clonal sibships in the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus / Prodohl, P.A. [and others]. 14. Genetic sex determination, gender identification, and pseudohermaphroditism in the knobbed whelk, Busycon carica (Mollusca : Melongenidae) / Avise, J.C., A.J. Power, and D. Walker. 15. A mixed-mating strategy in a hermaphroditic vertebrate / Mackiewicz, M. [and others]. 16. Extensive outcrossing and androdioecy in a vertebrate species that otherwise reproduces as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite / Mackiewicz, M. [and others]. 17. Long-term retention of self-fertilization in a fish clade / Tatarenkov, A. [and others] -- pt. 3. Genetic parentage, kinship, and mating behaviors. 18. Evaluating kinship of newly settled juveniles within social groups of the coral reef fish Anthias squamipinnis / Avise, J.C. and D.Y. Shapiro. 19. A microsatellite assessment of sneaked fertilizations and egg thievery in the fifteenspine stickleback / Jones, A.G., S. Ostlund-Nilsson and J.C. Avise. 20. The Bateman gradient and the cause of sexual selection in a sex-role-reversed pipefish / Jones, A.G. [and others]. 21. How cuckoldry can decrease the opportunity for sexual selection : data and theory from a genetic parentage analysis of the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus / Jones, A.G. [and others]. 22. Genetic evidence for extreme polyandry and extraordinary sex-role reversal in a pipefish / Jones, A.G., D. Walker, and J.C. Avise. 23. Genetic markers substantiate long-term storage and utilization of sperm by female painted turtles / Pearse, D.E., F.J. Janzen, and J.C. Avise. 24. Genetic documentation of filial cannibalism in nature / DeWoody, J.A. [and others]. 25. Genetic parentage assessment in the crayfish Orconectes placidus, a high-fecundity invertebrate with extended maternal brood care / Walker, D., B.A. Porter, and J.C. Avise. 26. Polygynandry and sexual size dimorphism in the sea spider Ammothea hilgendorfi (Pycnogonida :Ammotheidae), a marine arthropod with brood-carrying males / Barreto, F.S. and J.C. Avise -- pt. 4. Hybridization and introgression phenomena. 27. Allelic expression and genetic distance in hybrid macaque monkeys / Avise, J.C. and S.W. Duvall. 28. Characterization of mitochondrial DNA variability in a hybrid swarm between subspecies of bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) / Avise, J.C. [and others]. 29. Directional introgression of mitochondrial DNA in a hybrid population of treefrogs : the influence of mating behavior / Lamb, T. and J.C. Avise. 30. The evolutionary genetic status of Icelandic eels / Avise, J.C. [and others]. 31. Poecilia mexicana is the recent female parent of the unisexual fish P. formosa / Avise, J.C. [and others]. 32. Cytonuclear genetics of experimental fish hybrid zones inside Biosphere 2 / Scribner, K.T. and J.C. Avise. 33. Hybridization among the ancient mariners : characterization of marine turtle hybrids with molecular genetic assays / Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 34. Molecular genetic analysis of a stepped multilocus cline in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) / Hare, M.P. and J.C. Avise. 35. Cytonuclear introgressive swamping and species turnover of bass after an introduction / Avise, J.C. [and others] -- pt. 5. Genetic diagnoses of endangered species. 36. Genetic determination of the status of an endangered species of pocket gopher in Georgia / Laerm, J. [and others]. 37. Molecular genetic relationships of the extinct Dusky Seaside Sparrow / Avise, J.C. and W.S. Nelson. 38. Evolutionary distinctiveness of the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle / Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 39. Molecular and population genetic aspects of mitochondrial DNA variability in the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin / Lamb, T. and J.C. Avise. 40. Application of genealogical-concordance principles to the taxonomy and evolutionary history of the sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) / Rising, J.D. and J.C. Avise. 41. Global phylogeography of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) as indicated by mitochondrial DNA haplotypes / Bowen, B.W. [and others]. 42. Phylogenetic distinctiveness of a threatened aquatic turtle (Sternotherus depressus) / Walker, D., G. Orti, and J.C. Avise -- pt. 6. Phylogeny and macroevolutionary patterns. 43. Is evolution gradual or rectangular? Evidence from living fishes / Avise, J.C. 44. Evolutionary genetics of birds. III. Comparative molecular evolution in New World warblers (Parulidae) and rodents (Cricetinae) / Avise, J.C., J.C. Patton, and C.F. Aquadro. 45. An odyssey of the green sea turtle : Ascension Island revisited / Bowen, B.W., A.B. Meylan, and J.C. Avise. 46. A molecular phylogeny for marine turtles : trait mapping, rate assessment, and conservation relevance / Bowen, B.W., W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 47. A comparative summary of genetic distances in the vertebrates from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene / Johns, G.C. and J.C. Avise. 48. Pleistocene phylogeographic effects on avian populations and the speciation process / Avise, J.C. and D. Walker. 49. Speciation durations and Pleistocene effects on vertebrate phylogeography / Avise, J.C., D. Walker, and G.C. Johns. 50. Phylogenetic perspectives in the evolution of parental care in ray-finned fishes / Mank, J. E, D.E.L. Promislow, and J.C. Avise. 51. Comparative phylogenetic analysis of male alternative reproductive tactics in ray-finned fishes / Mank, J.E. and J.C. Avise -- pt. 7. Population-genetic, speciational, and evolutionary theory. 52. Definition and properties of disequilibrium statistics for associations between nuclear and cytoplasmic genotypes / Asmussen, M.A., J. Arnold, and J.C. Avise. 53. Current versus historical population sizes in vertebrate species with high gene flow : a comparison based on mitochondrial DNA lineages and inbreeding theory for neutral mutations / Avise, J.C., R.M. Ball, Jr., and J. Arnold. 54. Estimation of single generation migration distances from geographic variation in animal mitochondrial DNA / Neigel, J.E., R.M. Ball., Jr., and J.C. Avise. 55. Phylogenetics and the origin of species / Avise, J.C. and K. Wollenberg. 56. Species realities and numbers in sexual vertebrates : perspectives from an asexually transmitted genome / Avise, J.C. and D. Walker. 57. Proposal for a standardized temporal scheme of biological classification for extant species / Avise, J.C. and G.C. Johns. 58. A genetic analogue of 'mark-recapture' methods for estimating population size : an approach based on molecular parentage assessment / Pearse, D.E. [and others]. 59. Sympatric speciation as a consequence of male pregnancy in seahorses / Jones, A.G. [and others]. 60. Microsatellite null alleles in parentage analysis / Dakin, E.E. and J.C. Avise. 61. Sex chromosomes and male ornaments : a comparative evaluation in ray-finned fishes / Mank, J.E. [and others]. 62. Time to standardize taxonomies / Avise, J.C. and D. Mitchel. 63. Hemiplasy : a new term in the lexicon of phylogenetics / Avise, J.C. and T.J. Robinson -- pt. 8. Molecular-level features and processes. 64. Critical experimental test of the possibility of "paternal leakage" of mitochondrial DNA / Lansman, R.A., J.C. Avise, and M.D. Huettel. 65. Size polymorphism and heteroplasmy in the mitochondrial DNA of lower vertebrates / Bermingham, E., T. Lamb, and J.C. Avise. 66. Phylogenetic assessment of length variation at a microsatellite locus / Orti, G., D.E. Pearse, and J.C. Avise. 67. The molecular basis of a microsatellite null allele from the White Sands pupfish / Jones, A.G. [and others]. 68. Clustered microsatellite mutations in the pipefish Syngnathus typhle / Jones, A.G. [and others]. 69. Rapid concerted evolution in animal mitochondrial DNA / Tatarenkov, A. and J.C. Avise. |
| Summary |
This volume is a reprinted collection of 69 "classics" from the Avise laboratory, chosen to illustrate a trademark brand of research that harnesses molecular markers to scientific studies of natural history and evolution in the wild. Spanning the early 1970s through the late 2000s, these articles trace how the author and his colleagues have used molecular genetics techniques to address multifarious conceptual topics in genetics, ecology, and evolution, in a fascinating menagerie of creatures with oft-peculiar lifestyles. The organisms described in this volume range from blind cavefish to male-pregnant pipefishes and sea spiders, from clonal armadillos to natal-homing marine turtles, from hermaphroditic sea snails to hybridizing monkeys and tree frogs, from clonal marine sponges to pseudohermaphroditic mollusks to introgressing oysters, and from endangered pocket gophers, terrapins, and sparrows to unisexual (all-female) fish species to "living-fossil" horseshoe crabs, and even to a strange little fish that routinely mates with itself. The conceptual and molecular topics addressed in this volume are also universal, ranging from punctuated equilibrium to coalescent theory to the need for greater standardization in taxonomy, from cytonuclear disequilibrium statistics to the ideas of speciation duration and sympatric speciation, from historical population demography to phylogenetic reconstructions of males' sexual ornaments, from the population genetic consequences of inbreeding to Pleistocene effects on phylogeography, and from the molecular underpinnings of null alleles to the notion of clustered mutations that arise in groups to compelling empirical evidence for the unanticipated processes of gene conversion and concerted evolution in animal mitochondrial DNA. Overall, this collection includes many of the best, most influential, sometimes controversial, occasionally provocative, always intriguing, or otherwise entertaining publications to have emerged from the Avise laboratory over the last four decades. Thus, this book conveys, through the eyes of one of the field's longstanding pioneers, what "the organismal side" of molecular ecology and evolution really means. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Molecular ecology.
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Molecular ecology. |
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Molecular evolution.
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Molecular evolution. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Avise, John C.
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World Scientific (Firm)
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9789814317764 (electronic book) |
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9814317764 (electronic book) |
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9814317756 |
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