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Format: XVI, 399 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.

Series Statement: Food and Agriculture Organization: FAO forestry and forest products studies 16

Language: English

Subjects: Biology

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Format: XIX, 794 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

Language: English

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Format: XVIII, 436 S , Abb., Tab

Series Statement: Colección FAO Nr. 16

Language: Spanish

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Format: XV, 463 S. , Ill.

ISBN: 0127652507

Note: Übers.d.ST: Einführung in die Forstgenetik

Language: Undetermined

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Format: S. 319 - 349.

Edition: [Sonderdr.]

Note: Aus: Forest science ; 1

Language: English

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Format: 85 S.

Series Statement: Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture 808

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (480 p.)

ISBN: 0-323-14888-3

Content: Introduction to Forest Genetics

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front Cover; Introduction to Forest Genetics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Problems Peculiar to Forest Genetics; The Possibilities of Tree Improvement; General Sources of Information; Chapter 2. Concepts from Basic Genetics; Chromosome Structure and Function; DNA and RNA; Genes; Nongenic Inheritance; Genotype versus Phenotype; Cell Division and the Opportunity for New Gene Combinations; Study Questions; Suggested Reading; Chapter 3. Additional Basic Genetic Concepts; Inbreeding; Hybrid Vigor; Recovery Ratios in the F2 Generation , Study QuestionsChapter 4. Population Genetics-Selection; Definitions; Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium; Complete Elimination of Homozygous Recessive Trees; Partial Selection against Recessives; Selection Favoring Recessives ( against Dominants); Selection for Genes with Additive Effects; ""Fitness"" and Fisher's ""Fundamental Theorem""; Selection for and against Heterozygotes; Selection in Small Populations; How to Increase Selection Pressure; A Word Picture of Selection; Recapitulation; Study Questions; Chapter 5. Population Genetics-Mutation, Migration, Isolation; Mutation; Migration; Isolation , Study QuestionsChapter 6. Useful Techniques-Controlled Pollination; Selection of Parent Trees; Climbing; Bagging to Prevent Outside Pollination; Pollen Handling; Pollination Procedures; Indoor Controlled Pollination; Fruit Collection and Seed Handling; Success Expected from Controlled Pollination; Study Questions; Chapter 7. Useful Techniques-Vegetative Propagation; Introduction; Grafting and Budding; Propagation by Stem Cuttings; Propagation by Root and Root-Stem Cuttings; Propagation by Leaf Cuttings; Root Suckers; Other Methods of Occasional Interest; Apomixis , Topophysis or Persistent Nongenetic EffectsStudy Questions; Chapter 8. Useful Techniques-Establishment and Measurement of Test Plantations; Introduction; Definitions; Commonly Used Experimental Designs; Nonstatistical Considerations; Statistical Considerations; Sample Schedules for Experiment Establishment; Hints on Measurement and Data Recording; Study Questions; Chapter 9. Selective Breeding-General Principles and Methods; Role of Selective Breeding in Tree Improvement; General Principles; Breeding Methods Described; Study Questions , Chapter 10. Choice of Breeding Method and Type of Seed OrchardFactors Affecting Choice; Thinned Natural Stands versus Planted Seed Orchards; Mass versus Family Selection; Half-Sib versus Full-Sib Progeny Testing; Half-Sib versus Full-Sib Family Selection; Progeny Test Seed Orchards versus Clonal Seed Orchards; Earliness of Flowering on Grafts and Seedlings; Study Questions; Chapter 11. Examples of Progress through Selective Breeding and Seed Orchard Management; Introduction; Examples of Simple Inheritance; Variation and Improvement in Quantitative Traits , Seed Orchard Management in Loblolly and Slash Pines , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-12-765250-7

Language: English