Unit #5: Ecology and Evolution World’s average ecological footprint = 2.84 gha/person (world total: 20.1 billion gha used/year) World’s biocapacity = 1.73 gha/person (12.2 billion in total) What does this mean? Under what circumstances might investigators choose to do one type of analysis versus the other (mtDNA vs. Y chromosome DNA)?

Unit #5: Ecology and Evolution World’s average ecological footprint = 2.84 gha/person (world total: 20.1 billion gha used/year) World’s biocapacity = 1.73 gha/person (12.2 billion in total) What does this mean? Under what circumstances might investigators choose to do one type of analysis versus the other (mtDNA vs. Y chromosome DNA)?

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Author:Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg

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Chapter57: Biological Diversity And Conservation Biology

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