We have endeavoured to make Introdu

We have endeavoured to make Introduction to Conservation Genetics as
accessible as possible to this broad array of readers.At the timewe began,
there were a number of excellent and scholarly texts on population,
quantitative and evolutionary genetics and conservation biology, but no
introductory textbook on conservation genetics.We have placedemphasis
on general principles, rather than on detailed experimental procedures
which can be found in specialist books, journals and conference
proceedings.We have assumed a basic knowledge of Mendelian genetics
and simple statistics. Conservation genetics is a quantitative discipline
as its strengthlies in its predictions.We have restrictedmost use ofmathematics
to simple algebra to make it accessible to a wide audience.