Genes in the Environment
Genes in the Environment
15th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society
Rosie S. Hails, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
John E. Beringer, University of Bristol
H. Charles J. Godfray, NERC Centre for Population Biology, UK
John E. Beringer, University of Bristol
H. Charles J. Godfray, NERC Centre for Population Biology, UK
February 2004
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Recent research in the rapidly developing field of molecular, genetic and modelling techniques provides valuable new tools for addressing complex ecological questions and considerable insights into our understanding of the dynamics of populations and communities. The diverse range of topics covered in this volume includes community dynamics in soils and water, gene flow and spatial dynamics, and the evolution of the pathogenic and symbiotic relationships. Organisms studied range from bacteria, viruses and fungi to insects, plants and fish.
- There has been an explosion of interest in the applications of new molecular techniques to solving ecological problems
- A team of distinguished contributors cover a broad range of topics
- Includes material of value to both theoretical and applied ecologists
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February 2004Paperback
9780521549349
354 pages
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0.795kg
99 b/w illus. 1 colour illus. 23 tables
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Table of Contents
- 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. Csóka
- 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. Zézé 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.
