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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. List of Tables viii
5. FOREWORD: The Continuity of Genomes and Genetic Resources for the New Century ix
6. Acknowledgments xi
7. General Introduction xiii
8. Part I. Perspectives on the Union of Conservation and Genetics
9. 1. The Expansion of Conservation Genetics 1
10. 2. Conservation Genetics and the Extinction Crisis 25
11. 3. Moving Toward a More Integrated Approach 34
12. Part II. Conservation Genetics in Action: Assessing the Level and Quality of Genetic Resources in Endangered Species
13. 4. Neutral, Detrimental, and Adaptive Variation in Conservation Genetics 39
14. 5. Stopping Evolution 58
15. 6. The Emerging Theme of Ocean Neighborhoods in Marine Conservation 82
16. 7. Genetic Data and the Interpretation of Restoration Priorities of the Cicindela dorsalis Say Complex (Coleoptera: Carabidae): 96
17. 8. Range Collapse, Population Loss, and the Erosion of Global Genetic Resources 106
18. Part III. Saving Genetic Resources
19. 9. Biodiversity, Conservation, and Genetic Resources in Modern Museum and Herbarium Collections 113
20. 10. Banking of Genetic Resources 124
21. 11. The Role of Cryopreserved Cell and Tissue Collections for the Study of Biodiversity and Its Conservation 131
22. 12. The Silent Biodiversity Crisis: Loss of Genetic Resource Collections 141
23. 13. Who Owns the Ark, and Why Does It Matter? 160
24. Part IV. Genomic Technology Meets Conservation Biology
25. 14. Conservomics? The Role of Genomics in Conservation Biology 167
26. 15. Genomics and Conservation Genetics 179
27. 16. Crop Transgenes in Natural Populations 187
28. 17. The Role of Assisted Reproduction in Animal Conservation 199
29. 18. Conservation and Cloning: The Challenges 204
30. Part V. Policy, Law, and Philosophy of Conservation Biology in the Age of Genomics
31. 19. Can Our Laws Accommodate the New Conservation Genetics? 211
32. 20. The Import of Uncertainty 224
33. Further Reading 235
34. Contributors 237
35. Index 239