Genes in the Environment
15th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society
Published on 1. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
354 pages
978-0-521-54934-9 (ISBN)
Description
Molecular, genetic and modelling techniques are central to ecology, providing valuable new tools for addressing complex ecological questions and insights into our understanding of the dynamics of populations and communities. Genes in the Environment reviews a diverse range of topics, including community dynamics in soils and water, gene flow and spatial dynamics, and the evolution of pathogenic and symbiotic relationships. Organisms studied range from bacteria, viruses and fungi to insects, plants and fish. New light is thrown on such questions as: what is the relationship between population dynamics and spatial patterns of genetic variation observed in fragmented populations? How is genetic variation maintained? What are the relative roles of gene flow and selection in the maintenance of climes? This volume will appeal to advanced students and to researchers interested in developments at the interface of molecular biology and ecology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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23 Tables, unspecified; 1 Plates, color; 17 Halftones, unspecified; 82 Line drawings, unspecified
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Height: 246 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
795 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-54934-9 (9780521549349)
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Rosie Hails | John Beringer | H. Charles Godfray
Genes in the Environment
15th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society
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11/2002
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Dr Rosie Hails is an ecologist interested in the risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. Professor Sir John Beringer CBE is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor at University of Bristol. Professor H. Charles J. Godfray is a Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Director of NERC Centre for Population Biology
Content
Part 1. Gene Flow and Spatial Dynamics: 1. Estimating rates of gene flow in endemic butterfly races: the effect of metapopulation dynamics D. E. Taneyhill, J. B. Mallet, I. Wynne, S. Burke, A. S. Pullin, R. J. Wilson, R. K. Butlin, M. J. Hatcher, B. Shorrocks and C. D. Thomas; 2. Virus transmission and gene flow between two species of the Dutch elm disease fungi, Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi: deleterious viruses as selective agents for gene introgression K. W. Buck, C. M. Brasier, M. Paoletti and L. J. Crawford; 3. The population genetic consequences of range expansion: oak gallwasps as a model system G. N. Stone, R. J. Atkinson, G. Brown, A. Rokas and G. Csoka; 4. A genetic perspective of Drosophila melanogaster latitudinal body size climes W. J. Kennington, J. Gockel, D. B. Goldstein and L. Partridge; 5. Spatial geometry determines gene flow in plant populations T. R. Meagher and C. Vassiliadis; 6. Measuring genetic variation in wild populations: from molecular markers to adaptive traits G. R. Carvalho, C. van Oosterhout, L. Hauser and A. E. Magurran; 7. Have recent developments in molecular techniques led to greater insight into evolutionary and ecological processes in plant populations? A. Smithson and M. R. Macnair; Part II. Microbial Community Dynamics in Soils and Water: 8. The role of genomics in methylotrophic bacteria for understanding biogeochemical cycling L. Chistoserdova and M. E. Lidstrom; 9. Microbiological basis of land use impact on the soil methane sink: molecular and functional analysis D. B. Nedwell, J. C. Murrell, P. Ineson, D. S. Reay, S. Radajewski, N. McNamara and S. Morris; 10. Molecular genetic analysis of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial community in a defined hypereutrophic freshwater lake C. B. Whitby, R. A. Meade, G. Hall, J. R. Saunders, R. W. Pickup and A. J. McCarthy; 11. The influence of selection pressures on species diversity, functional gene diversity and activity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria J. I. Prosser, T. M. Embley and G. Webster; Part III. Host-Pathogen Interactions: 12. Mutualistic interactions amongst viruses? M. Naylor, H. C. J. Godfray, D. W. Pallett, M. Tristem, J. P. Reeves and J. I. Cooper; 13. The ecology of turnip mosaic virus in wild populations of Brassica species A. F. Raybould, M. J. Alexander, E. Mitchell, M. I. Thurston, D. W. Pallett, P. Hunter, J. A. Walsh, M.-L. Edwards, A. M. E. Jones, C. L. Moyes, A. J. Gray and J. I. Cooper; 14. The molecular evolution of host specificity in the rhizobium-legume symbiosis J. P. W. Young, L. A. Mutch, D. A. Ashford, A. Zeze and K. E. Mutch; 15. The existence and persistence of genotypic variation in nucleopolyhedrovirus populations D. J. Hodgson, R. B. Hitchman, A. J. Vanbergen, R. S. Hails, S. E. Hartley, R. D. Possee, A. D. Watt and J. S. Cory; 16. Host dynamics and pathogen variation in insect-baculovirus interactions C. M. Griffiths, R. McVean, R. Benmayor, S. M. Sait, D. J. Thompson, R. D. Possee, J. S. Cory and M. Begon; 17. The ecological significance of symbiotic microorganisms in animals: perspectives from the microbiota of aphids A. E. Douglas, A. C. Darby, L. M. Birkle and K. F. A. Walters.