Table of contents : Contents......Page 8 1. An Overview of the Issues......Page 18 I: APPROACHES......Page 38 2. Nuclear Genetic Analysis of Population Structure and Genetic Variation Using Intron Primers......Page 40 3. Application of Anonymous Nuclear Loci to Conservation Biology......Page 53 4. The Use of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) in Conservation Genetics......Page 69 5. The Utility of Paternally Inherited Nuclear Genes in Conservation Genetics......Page 89 6. Applications of Allozyme Electrophoresis in Conservation Biology......Page 102 7. Regional Approaches to Conservation Biology: RFLPs, DNA Sequence, and Caribbean Birds......Page 119 8. The Use of Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequencing in Conservation Genetics......Page 140 9. Chloroplast DNA Sequencing to Resolve Plant Phylogenies Between Closely Related Taxa......Page 158 10. Reconstructing Population History Using PCR-Restriction Site Data......Page 169 11. The Use of PCR-Based Single-Stranded Conformation Polymorphism Analysis (PCR-SSCP) in Conservation Genetics......Page 182 12. Application of Chloroplast DNA Restriction Site Studies for Conservation Genetics......Page 198 13. A PCR Approach to Detection of Malaria in Hawaiian Birds......Page 217 14. Polymorphism of Genes in the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHO): Implications for Conservation Genetics of Vertebrates......Page 229 15. DNA Multilocus Fingerprinting Using Simple Repeat Motif Oligonucleotides......Page 253 16. Minisatellite Analysis in Conservation Genetics......Page 266 17. Microsatellites and Their Application to Conservation Genetics......Page 293 18. Noninvasive Genotyping for Vertebrate Conservation......Page 313 19. Future Applications of PCR to Conservation Biology......Page 329 II: ANALYSIS......Page 342 20. Estimation of Effective Population Size and Migration Parameters from Genetic Data......Page 344 21. Simulation Models of Bottleneck Events in Natural Populations......Page 362 22. Assessing Relatedness and Evolutionary Divergence: Why the Genetic Evidence Alone Is Insufficient......Page 380 III: CASE STUDIES......Page 396 23. Molecular Genetics and the Conservation of Salmonid Biodiversity: Oncorhynchus at the Edge of Their Range......Page 398 24. Population Genetics of Kenyan Impalas—Consequences for Conservation......Page 414 25. Paternity Studies in Animal Populations......Page 428 26. Genetic Structure of Natural Taxus Populations in Western North America......Page 439 27. Applications of Genetics to the Conservation and Management of Australian Fauna: Four Case Studies from Queensland......Page 457 IV: PERSPECTIVE......Page 472 28. Conservation Genetics and Molecular Techniques: A Perspective......Page 474 C......Page 493 I......Page 494 M......Page 495 P......Page 496 U......Page 497 Z......Page 498