Genes in ecology : the 33rd Symposium of the British Ecological Society, University of East Anglia, 1991

Part 1 Genes in ecology: genes and ecology in history stochastic processes in populations - the horse behind the cart? population dynamics, natural selection and chaos life-history evolution these hierarchial views of life - phylogenies and metapopulations the co-evolution of plant/insect and host/parasite relationships. Part 2 Molecules in ecology: adaptation in bacteria - unanswered ecological and evolutionary questions about well-studied molecules enzymes and adaptation molecular variation and ecological processes ecological genetics of parasitism genes and ecology - two alternative perspectives using drosophila. Part 3 Ecology in genetics: genetics, heterogeneity and ecology density and frequency dependence in ecology - messages for genetics? density and frequency dependence - a genetical view functional biology of adaptation life-history and mechanical constraints in genes, cells and water-fleas conservation biology - the ecology and genetics of endangered species genes in the real world. Part 4 Techniques and protocols: use of PCR techniques in Drosophila population biology polymerase chain reaction the detection of organisms at family, genus and species level, using the polymerase chain reaction to amplify specific target gene sequences selection of DNA sequences for use as probes RAPDS - random amplified polymorphic DNAs DNA fingerprinting DNA fingerprinting using multilocus and single locus probes fingerprinting fungi analysis of genetic variation in populations - southern blotting and restriction-fragment length (RFLP) analysis the use of repetitive DNA probes in the analysis of natural populations of insects and parasites C-banding and the characterization of heterochromatic regions silver staining use of a cellulose acetate system for allozyme electrophoresis a device for producing multiple deep-frozen samples for allozyme electrophoresis.