Prevalence and adaptive impact of introgression

NB Edelman, J Mallet - Annual Review of Genetics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Alleles that introgress between species can influence the evolutionary and ecological fate of
species exposed to novel environments. Hybrid offspring of different species are often unfit …

Hybridization and extinction

M Todesco, MA Pascual, GL Owens… - Evolutionary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization may drive rare taxa to extinction through genetic swamping, where the rare
form is replaced by hybrids, or by demographic swamping, where population growth rates …

Conservation genetics as a management tool: The five best-supported paradigms to assist the management of threatened species

Y Willi, TN Kristensen, CM Sgrò… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
About 50 y ago, Crow and Kimura [An Introduction to Population Genetics Theory (1970)]
and Ohta and Kimura [Genet. Res. 22, 201–204 (1973)] laid the foundations of conservation …

[图书][B] Eco-evolutionary dynamics

AP Hendry - 2017 - degruyter.com
In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter
than the" long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin—in fact, evolutionary change is …

Call for a paradigm shift in the genetic management of fragmented populations

K Ralls, JD Ballou, MR Dudash… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thousands of small populations are at increased risk of extinction because genetics and
evolutionary biology are not well‐integrated into conservation planning–a major lost …

Genetic rescue of small inbred populations: Meta‐analysis reveals large and consistent benefits of gene flow

R Frankham - Molecular ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many species have fragmented distribution with small isolated populations suffering
inbreeding depression and/or reduced ability to evolve. Without gene flow from another …

Genetics in conservation management: revised recommendations for the 50/500 rules, Red List criteria and population viability analyses

R Frankham, CJA Bradshaw, BW Brook - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
Conservation managers typically need to make prompt decisions based on limited
information and resources. Consequently, generalisations have essential roles in guiding …

The exciting potential and remaining uncertainties of genetic rescue

DA Bell, ZL Robinson, WC Funk, SW Fitzpatrick… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Restoring gene flow into small, isolated populations can alleviate genetic load and decrease
extinction risk (ie, genetic rescue), yet gene flow is rarely augmented as a conservation …

Genetic rescue to the rescue

AR Whiteley, SW Fitzpatrick, WC Funk… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
Genetic rescue can increase the fitness of small, imperiled populations via immigration. A
suite of studies from the past decade highlights the value of genetic rescue in increasing …

Assisted gene flow to facilitate local adaptation to climate change

SN Aitken, MC Whitlock - Annual review of ecology, evolution …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Assisted gene flow (AGF) between populations has the potential to mitigate maladaptation
due to climate change. However, AGF may cause outbreeding depression (especially if …