Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-625) and index.

[Guest boxes] The role of genetics in conservation / L.S. Mills and M.E. Soulé -- Looks can be deceiving : countergradient variation in secondary sexual color in sympatric morphs of sockeye salmon / C.J. Foote -- Management implications of polyploidy in a cytologically complex self-incompatible herb / A. Young and B.G. Murray -- Multiple markers uncover marine turtle behavior / N.N. FitzSimmons -- Testing alternative explanations for deficiencies of heterozygotes in populations of brook trout in small lakes / V. Castric and L. Bernatchez -- The inbreeding effect of small population size reduces population growth rate in mosquitofish / P.L. Leberg and D.L. Rogowski -- Estimation of effective population size in Yellowstone grizzly bears / C.R. Miller and L.P. Waits -- Rapid adaptation and conservation / C.A. Stockwell and M.L. Collyer -- Hector's dolphin population structure and conservation / C.S. Baker and F.B. Pichler -- Dating hybrid populations using gametic disequilibrium / S.H. Forbes -- Response to trophy hunting in bighorn sheep / D.W. Coltman -- Color evolution via different mutations in pocket mice / M.W. Nachman -- Understanding inbreeding depression : 20 years of experiments with Peromyscus mice / R.C. Lacy -- Noninvasive population size estimation in wombats / A. C. Taylor -- Fitness loss and genetic rescue in stream-dwelling topminnows / R.C. Vrijenhoek -- Identifying conservation units in Pacific salmon / R.S. Waples -- Hybridization and the conservation of plants / L.H. Rieseberg -- Effects of population bottlenecks on introduced species of birds / J.V. Briskie -- Rapid adaptation of invasive populations of St. John's wort / J.L. Maron -- Microsatellite DNA genotyping identifies problem bear and cubs / L.P. Waits -- Is mathematics necessary? / J.F. Crow.