Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Natural History of Inbreeding and OutbreedingCondition: NewEAN: 9780226798554ISBN: 9780226798554Publisher: University of Chicago PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/15/1993Item Height: 23mmItem Length: 16mmItem Width: 3mmItem Weight: 794gContributor: Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill (Edited by)Author: Nancy Wilmsen ThornhillLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Theoretical and Empirical PerspectivesDescription: Inbreeding, the mating of close kin, and outbreeding, the mating of distant relatives or unrelated organisms, have long been important subjects to evolutionary biologists. Inbreeding reduces genetic diversity in a population, increasing the likelihood that genetic defects will become widespread and deprive a population of the diversity it may need to cope with its environment. Most plants and animals have evolved behavioral and morphological mechanisms to avoid inbreeding. However, today many endangered species exist only in small, very isolated populations where inbreeding is unavoidable, so it has become a concern for conservationists. In this volume, twenty-six experts in evolution, behavior, and genetics examine the causes and consequences of inbreeding. The authors ask whether inbreeding is as problematic as biologists have thought, under what ecological conditions inbreeding occurs, and whether organisms that inbreed have mechanisms to dampen the anticipated problems of reduced genetic variation. The studies, including theoretical and empirical work on wild and captive populations, demonstrate that many plants and animals inbreed to a greater extent than biologists have thought, with variable effects on individual fitness. Graduate students and researchers in evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, and conservation biology will welcome this wide-ranging collection. Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 1993 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding
Title: The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding
EAN: 9780226798554
ISBN: 9780226798554
Release Date: 08/15/1993
Release Year: 1993
Contributor: Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill (Edited by)
Subtitle: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 584 Pages
Publication Name: Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding : Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 1993
Item Height: 0.1 in
Subject: Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Life Sciences / Biology
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 27.6 Oz
Subject Area: Science
Author: Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
