@article{1a145ec433b746ff99ea58435870833d,
title = "Group-structured genetic models in analyses of the population and behavioral ecology of poikilothermic vertebrates",
abstract = "Estimates of gene correlations among individuals within and among populations are frequently derived from statistical analyses of genetic data (e.g., F statistics). These measures can be important tools in molecular ecology and conservation, and offer important insights into population breeding structure. Using recently derived theory developed for group-structured populations, we show that fixation indices, when combined with basic population ecological and demographic data can be used to investigate population mating systems and to predict dispersal rates, trajectories and asymptotic levels of fixation indices, and effective population size. Four case studies of poikilothermic vertebrates are used to demonstrate the broad utility of evolutionary and ecological inferences afforded by group-structured models.",
author = "Scribner, {Kim T.} and Chesser, {R. K.}",
note = "Funding Information: From the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 13 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1222 (Scribner) and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Aiken, South Carolina (Chesser). Dr. Chesser is currently at the Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409. Numerous individuals contributed ideas and data to this presentation. Special thanks go to A. Arntzen, T. Burke, J. Cond-gon, J. W. Gibbons, M. H. Smith, G. Hoelzer, K. Sage, C. Burger, E. Knudsen, and numerous other colleagues for their efforts in collecting and interpreting the empirical data presented. Financial support for this project was provided by the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Michigan State University (MSU); the Partnership for Research and Management (PERM) program between the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and MSU; the Natural Environmental Research Council{\textquoteright}s Joint Agriculture and the Environment Program; and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory under contract DE-FC09-96SR18546 from the U.S. Department of Energy to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. The article benefited greatly from editorial comments by J. Avise and two anonymous reviewers. Address correspondence to Kim T. Scribner at the address above or e-mail: scribne3@pilot.msu.edu. This paper was delivered at a symposium entitled {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}DNA-Based Profiling of Mating Systems and Reproductive Behaviors in Poikilothermic Vertebrates{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} sponsored by the American Genetic Association at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, June 17–20, 2000.",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1093/jhered/92.2.180",
language = "English",
volume = "92",
pages = "180--189",
journal = "Journal of Heredity",
issn = "0022-1503",
number = "2",
}