Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

S Hoban, FI Archer, LD Bertola, JG Bragg… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity underlies ecosystem resilience, ecosystem function, sustainable economies,
and human well‐being. Understanding how biodiversity sustains ecosystems under …

Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies

DM Leigh, CB van Rees, KL Millette, MF Breed… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The rapidly emerging field of macrogenetics focuses on analysing publicly accessible
genetic datasets from thousands of species to explore large-scale patterns and predictors of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

S Hoban, M Bruford, JDU Jackson… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will soon agree to a post-
2020 global framework for conserving the three elements of biodiversity (genetic, species …

Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance

RH Toczydlowski, L Liggins… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Genomic data are being produced and archived at a prodigious rate, and current studies
could become historical baselines for future global genetic diversity analyses and …

The views, perspectives, and experiences of academic researchers with data sharing and reuse: A meta-synthesis

L Perrier, E Blondal, H MacDonald - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Funding agencies and research journals are increasingly demanding that
researchers share their data in public repositories. Despite these requirements, researchers …

Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and code

GB Jenkins, AP Beckerman, C Bellard… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We call for journals to commit to requiring open data be archived in a format that will be
simple and clear for readers to understand and use. If applied consistently, these …

Importance of timely metadata curation to the global surveillance of genetic diversity

ED Crandall, RH Toczydlowski, L Liggins… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity within species represents a fundamental yet underappreciated level of
biodiversity. Because genetic diversity can indicate species resilience to changing climate …

The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe): A new repository for field and sampling event metadata associated with genetic samples

J Deck, MR Gaither, R Ewing, CE Bird, N Davies… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe, http://www. geome-db. org/) is an open
access repository for geographic and ecological metadata associated with biosamples and …

Building a global genomics observatory: Using GEOME (the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase) to expedite and improve deposition and retrieval of genetic data …

C Riginos, ED Crandall, L Liggins… - Molecular Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic data represent a relatively new frontier for our understanding of global biodiversity.
Ideally, such data should include both organismal DNA‐based genotypes and the …

Access to Marine Genetic Resources (MGR): raising awareness of best-practice through a new agreement for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)

M Rabone, H Harden-Davies, JE Collins… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Better scientific knowledge of the poorly-known deep sea and areas beyond national
jurisdiction (ABNJ) is key to its conservation, an urgent need in light of increasing …