Description
This collection is a good reference for professionals working in conservation who want to have a broad understanding of what genomics can do for them. It brings together scientifically based information not usually found in one volume, such as the discussion of genomics in discovering and classifying biodiversity, suggestions on how to preserve this biodiversity, a balanced and scientifically accurate presentation of highly publicized topics, and a discussion of policy issues relating to the use of DNA in conservation. -- Adalgisa Caccone, Yale University
About the Author
George Amato is director of the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History, an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Fordham University, and a research associate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Yale University.Rob DeSalle is curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History and scientist at the Museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics. He is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and New York University and is the editor of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Oliver A. Ryder is the associate director and Kleberg Chair of Genetics at the Zoological Society of San Diego's Conservation and Research of Endangered Species Program.Howard C. Rosenbaum is the director of the Ocean Giants program at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Reviews
Both faculty and graduate students alike will appreciate this survey of the cutting edge in conservation biology...recommended. Chocice
Book Information
ISBN 9780231128322
Author George Amato
Format Hardback
Page Count 264
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press