1st Edition

Genetic Diversity in Establishing Plant Populations Founder Number and Geometry

Edited By Steven H. Rogstad, Stephan Pelikan Copyright 2012
368 Pages 125 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

330 Pages
by CRC Press

This book comprising 13 chapters, is the second of the four books planned for a series on Progress in Mycological Research. The chapters provide an overview of the progress and shifts that have taken place towards the understanding of the Systematics and Evolution of Fungi with the availability of modern tools and techniques. Most major groups of fungi such as the Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota,... Read more

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 Reproduction
Truly 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
Bibliography

Biography

Rogstad, Steven H.; Pelikan, Stephan