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Molecular Approaches to Ecology and Evolution - - --L...-_...--..... • • - - • - - - - - - • Springer Basel AG Editors Dr. Rob DeSalle Dr. Bemd Schierwater American Museum of Zoologisches Institut Nawral History ].W. Goethe-Universitlit Central Park West at 79th Street Siesmayerstr. 70 New York, NY 10024-5192 D-60054 Frankfurt USA Germany Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Molecular approaches to ecology and evolution led. by Rob DeSalle ; Bernd Schierwater. -Basel ; Boston; Berlin: Birkhăuser 1998 ISBN 978-3-0348-9840-9 library of Congress, Cataloging-in-Publication Data Molecular approaches ta ecology and evolution I edited by Rob DeSalle, Bernd Schierwater. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-0348-9840-9 ISBN 978-3-0348-8948-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-0348-8948-3 1. Molecular ecology. 2. Molecular evolution. 1. DeSalle, Rob. II. Schierwater, B. (Bemd), 1958 - QH541.15.M63M625 1998 572.8'38 --<lc21 98-15347 CIP The publisher and editor can give no guarantee for the information on drug dosage and administration contained in this publication. The respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other sourees of reference in each indi vidual case. The use of registered names, trademarks etc. in this publication, even if not identified as such. does not imply that they are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations or free for general use. This work is subject ta copyright.AII rights are reserved, whether the whole ar part of the material is concerned. specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of iIIustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction an micro films or in other ways, and storage in data banks. For any kind of use permission of the copyright owner must be obtained. © 1998 Springer Basel AG Originally published by Birkhăuser Verlag •B asel, Switzerland in 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover lst edition 1998 Printed on acid-free paper produced from chlorine-free pulp Cover design: Markus Etterich, Sasel ISBN 978-3-0348-9840-9 987654321 Contents Listofcontributors . .. . . . . . .. . . . . ... . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . IX Preface XIII Part1. Population biology, kinship and fingerprinting ........ ... .... .. 1 Michael S. Webster andDavidF. Westneat The use of molecular markers to study kinship in birds: techniques and questions 7 Michael T. Siva-JothyandHeike Hadrys A role for molecular biology in testing ideas about cryptic female choice .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. .. 37 Michelle PellissierScottandScottM. Williams Molecular measures of insectfitness 55 Christian SchlottererandJosephine Pemberton The use of microsatellitesfbr genetic analysis of natural populations - acritical review . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 71 Howard C. Rosenbaum andAmosS. Deinard Caution before claim: an overview of microsatellite analysis in ecology and evolutionary biology 87 G. Caetano-Anolles Arbitrary oligonucleotides: primersfor amplification and directidentification of nucleicacids, genes and organisms 107 v Tableofcontents Part2. Species . . .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . . ... . .. . . .. . . .. . .. 125 Alan R. Templeton The role of moleculargenetics in speciation studies. . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .. 131 John Wakeley andlady Hey Testing speciation models with DNA sequence data . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .. 157 George Amato, John GatesyandPeterBrazaitis peR assays ofvariable nucleotide sites for identification of conservation units: an example from Caiman. . .. .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .. 177 Alfried P. Vogler Extinction and the evolutionary process in endangered species: What to conserve? . . .. .. .. .. . . . . .. .. . .. . .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . . .. ... 191 EricRoutman andJames M. Cheverud Quantitative trait loci: anew approach to old evolutionary problems 211 Howard Ochman andEduardo A. Groisman Seekingthe genetic basis of phenotypic differences among bacterial species . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . .. .. . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .. 221 Part 3. Highertaxa and systematics 237 Ward Wheeler Alignment characters, dynamic programming and heuristic solutions. . . . . .. 243 Paul Z. Goldstein and Chelsea D. Specht Pitfalls in phylogenetic analysis of large molecular data sets 253 Allan Larson The comparison of morphological and moleculardata in phylogenetic systematics. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. .. . . .. . . .. .. . . . .. . .. 275 Clifford W Cunningham and Timothy M. Collins Beyond area relationships: Extinction and recolonization in molecular marine biogeography 297 VI Tableofcontents David K. Jacobs, Shannon E. Lee, M. N. Dawson, Joseph L. Staton and Kevin A. Raskoff The history of developmentthrough the evolution of molecules: gene trees, hearts, eyes and dorsoventral inversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 323 Subject index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 359 VII List of contributors George Amato, Science Resource Center, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York, NY 10460,USA E-mail: [email protected] Peter Brazaitis, Science Resource Center, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York, NY 10460, USA Gustavo Caetano-Anolles, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1045, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway James M. Cheverud, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School ofMedicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA E-mail: [email protected] Timothy M. Collins, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, UniversityPark, Miami, FL 33199, USA E-mail: [email protected] Clifford W. Cunningham, Zoology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA E-mail: [email protected] M. N. Dawson, Department ofBiology, UniversityofCalifornia, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA Amos S. Deinard, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA John Gatesy, DepartmentofEcologyand Evolution, UniversityofArizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA IX Listofcontributors Paul Z. Goldstein, American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ento mology, Central ParkWest at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA E-mail: [email protected] Eduardo A. Groisman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Mole cular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA E-mail: [email protected] HeikeHadrys,Abt. bkologieundEvolution,J.W. Goethe-Universitiit,Siesmayerstr. 70, D-60054 Frankfurt, Germany, and Department ofEcology and Evolution, Yale University, 165 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA E-mail: [email protected] Jody Hey, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Nelson Biological Labs, Rutgers University, P. O. Box 1059, Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA E-mail: [email protected] DavidK.Jacobs, DepartmentofBiology,UniversityofCalifornia,405HilgardAve., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA E-mail: [email protected] AllanLarson,DepartmentofBiology,WashingtonUniversity,St. Louis,MO 63130 4899, USA E-mail: [email protected] ShannonE. Lee, DepartmentofBiology,UniversityofCalifornia, 405 HilgardAve., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA Howard Ochman, Department ofBiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA E-mail: [email protected] Josephine Pemberton, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University ofEdinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3]T, UK E-mail: [email protected] Kevin A. Raskoff, Department of Biology, University of California, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA x Listofcontributors Howard C. Rosenbaum, Molecular Systematics Laboratory, American Museum of Natural History, 79th St. & CPW, New York, NY 10024-5192,USA, and Dept. of Biology, Yale University, PO Box 6666, New Haven, CT 06510, USA Eric Routman, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132, USA E-mail: [email protected] Christian ScWotterer, Institut fur Tierzucht und Genetik, Veteriniirmedizinische UniversitiitWien,Josef-Baumann Gasse 1,A-1210 Wien, Austria E-mail: [email protected] Michelle Pellissier Scott, Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA E-mail: [email protected] Michael T. Siva-Jothy, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK E-mail: [email protected] Chelsea D. Specht, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA Joseph L. Staton, Department of Biology, University of California, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA Alan R. Templeton, Department ofBiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA E-mail: [email protected] Alfried P. Vogler, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK, and Department of Biology, Imperial College at Silkwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK E-mail: [email protected] John Wakeley, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA E-mail: [email protected] Michael S. Webster, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA E-mail: [email protected] XI Listofcontributors David F. Westneat, Center for Evolutionary Ecology, T. H. Morgan School of Biological Sciences, 101 Morgan Building, University ofKentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0225, USA E-mail: [email protected] WardWheeler, DepartmentofInvertebrates,AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory, Central ParkWest @79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA E-mail [email protected] Scott M. Williams, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA E-mail: [email protected] XII

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