The new research described in this book demonstrates that the interplay of a host of founding conditions can frequently produce profound differences in population expansion rates and maintenance of genetic diversity in contrasting populations that differ, often only to slight degrees, in initial founding conditions. The goals of this book are twofold. First, it serves as a user's manual for the computer program NEWGARDEN (provided) designed to enable investigations, using computer generated populations, of population growth and genetic variation resulting from user-specified differences in initial founding conditions. Second, the book provides a series differences in geometric spacing among plant founders, can result in significant differences in demographic and genetic variation trajectories for the ensuring populations.
Edited by:
Steven H. Rogstad,
Stephan Pelikan
Imprint: Science Publishers,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9781578087211
ISBN 10: 157808721X
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 02 September 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction. What NEWGARDEN Does. Analyzing Genetic Diversity in Small, Isolated, and Developing Populations. Input. Output: What NEWGARDEN Tallies, Calculates, and Reports. Using NEWGARDEN. Founder Number and Allelic Diversity. Population Genetics Edge Effects. Spatial Arrangement of Founders. The Rate of ReproductionTruly Random Mating and Selfing Rate. Dispersal Offspring Dispersal Distance and Pollen Dispersal Distance. The 50/500 -100 -1000 -5000 Ne Rules, Actual Population Size, and Loss of Diversity to Random Drift. Dioecy. Perennials. Actual Data versus NEWGARDEN: American Chestnut. Corridors. Conclusions and Discussion. Bibliograpy.
Rogstad, Steven H.; Pelikan, Stephan
