Molecular Markers, Natural History And Evolution Book

	Preface
1	Introduction	3
	Why Employ Molecular Genetic Markers?	5
	Why Not Employ Molecular Genetic Markers?	15
2	History of Molecular Phylogenetics	16
	Debates and Diversions from Molecular Systematics	17
	Molecular Phylogenetics	40
3	Molecular Tools	44
	Protein Assays	44
	DNA Assays	53
	References to Laboratory Protocols	90
4	Interpretive Tools	92
	Categorical Subdivisions of Molecular Genetic Data	92
	Molecular Clocks	100
	Procedures for Phylogeny Reconstruction	109
	Gene Trees Versus Species Trees	126
5	Individuality and Parentage	141
	Genetic Identity Versus Non-Identity	141
	Parentage	168
6	Kinship and Intraspecific Phylogeny	190
	Close Kinship and Family Structure	190
	Geographic Population Structure and Gene Flow	204
	Phylogeography	233
	Microtemporal Phylogeny	248
7	Speciation and Hybridization	252
	The Speciation Process	257
	Hybridization and Introgression	280
8	Species Phylogenies and Macroevolution	306
	Rationales for Phylogeny Estimation	307
	Special Approaches to Phylogeny Estimation	331
	Prospectus for a Global Phylogeny	350
	Special Topics in Molecular Phylogenetics	352
9	Conservation Genetics	361
	Issues of Heterozygosity	362
	Issues of Phylogeny	370
	Literature Cited	399
	Index to Taxonomic Genera	501
	General Index	507