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The Conservation Context in Population Genetics, Part 1

By Andrew David Thaler, on February 12th, 2010

This is the first entry in Crowdsourcing ConGen. This entry is meant to be half of an Introduction which lays out the framework for what conservation genetics is, its philosophical basis in population genetics, and why it’s a meaningful method of inquiry for conservation. This first section is meant to outline foundational concepts in population genetics. It is not meant to be a detailed summery of population genetics, but needs to be accurate and clear.

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February 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Blogging, Conservation, Science | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)