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Titre :
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Tree breeding, population genetics and conservation of genes
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Auteurs :
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G. Namkoong ;
G. Eriksson ;
J. Burley ;
B. Hagglund ;
Lectures given at the 1994 Marcus Wallenberg prize symposium in Stockholm, SWE, 22 September 1994 (1994; SWE)
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Type de document :
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congrès/colloque
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Editeur :
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Falun, SWE : The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, 1994
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Collection :
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Symposia proceedings n° 9
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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0282-4647
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Format :
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56 p.
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Langues:
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= Anglais
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Catégories :
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Biologie végétale - Génétique
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Mots-clés:
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FORET
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PRODUCTION FORESTIERE
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CONSERVATION DES RESSOURCES GENETIQUES
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BIODIVERSITE
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Résumé :
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This symposium celebrates the contributions made by Professor Gene Namkoong - the 12th recipient of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize - to quantitative populations genetics, tree breeding and the conservation of gene resources. These four papers explore various aspects of his innovation, the multiple population breeding system. This system, now widely applied across the globe, permits gains in forest productivity while actually enhancing genetic diversity. The four papers in this volume describe the multiple population breeding system and its applications. Going beyond only a technical presentation, Professor Namkoong places his innovation in a larger ethical context that provides moral guidance to both production and conservation activities in the forest. The remaining three papers illuminate various aspects of his innovation, and collectively might be summarized as follows. Genetic diversity is linked to environmental diversity. Humans affect the environment both intentionally through such activities as forest management, and inadvertently through environmental pollution. This human influence on the environment implies a human influence on genetic resources, and therefore an ethical responsibility to manage these resources wisely. The best way to fulfil this responsibility is - in Professor Gôsta Eriksson's words - to create good conditions for future evolution. The multiple population breeding system does so by maintaining between-population genetic variation as well as within-population variability.
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