Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management

PA Hohenlohe, WC Funk, OP Rajora - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is under threat worldwide. Over the past decade, the field of population
genomics has developed across nonmodel organisms, and the results of this research have …

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 …

Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

ABA Shafer, JBW Wolf, PC Alves, L Bergström… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
The global loss of biodiversity continues at an alarming rate. Genomic approaches have
been suggested as a promising tool for conservation practice as scaling up to genome-wide …

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 …

Guidelines for planning genomic assessment and monitoring of locally adaptive variation to inform species conservation

SP Flanagan, BR Forester, EK Latch… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying and monitoring locally adaptive genetic variation can have direct utility for
conserving species at risk, especially when management may include actions such as …

Adaptive introgression as a resource for management and genetic conservation in a changing climate

JA Hamilton, JM Miller - Conservation Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Current rates of climate change require organisms to respond through migration, phenotypic
plasticity, or genetic changes via adaptation. We focused on questions regarding species' …

The genic view of hybridization in the Anthropocene

J Ottenburghs - Evolutionary Applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human impact is noticeable around the globe, indicating that a new era might have begun:
the Anthropocene. Continuing human activities, including land‐use changes, introduction of …

The peril of gene-targeted conservation

M Kardos, ABA Shafer - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2018 - cell.com
The genomics revolution has sparked interest in using our increased understanding of the
loci involved in phenotypic variation and adaptation to advance the conservation of …

Genomic patterns of introgression in rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout illuminated by overlapping paired‐end RAD sequencing

PA Hohenlohe, MD Day, SJ Amish, MR Miller… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid and inexpensive methods for genomewide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
discovery and genotyping are urgently needed for population management and …