Determinants of genetic diversity

H Ellegren, N Galtier - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic polymorphism varies among species and within genomes, and has important
implications for the evolution and conservation of species. The determinants of this variation …

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 crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation

M Kardos, EE Armstrong… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The unprecedented rate of extinction calls for efficient use of genetics to help conserve
biodiversity. Several recent genomic and simulation-based studies have argued that the …

Acknowledging more biodiversity without more species

C Dufresnes, N Poyarkov… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Delimiting and naming biodiversity is a vital step toward wildlife conservation and research.
However, species delimitation must be consistent across biota so that the limited resources …

A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

LFK Kuderna, H Gao, MC Janiak, M Kuhlwilm, JD Orkin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an
informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental …

[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 …

Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene

M Exposito-Alonso, TR Booker, L Czech, L Gillespie… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Anthropogenic habitat loss and climate change are reducing species' geographic ranges,
increasing extinction risk and losses of species' genetic diversity. Although preserving …

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 …

The inflated significance of neutral genetic diversity in conservation genetics

JC Teixeira, CD Huber - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The current rate of species extinction is rapidly approaching unprecedented highs, and life
on Earth presently faces a sixth mass extinction event driven by anthropogenic activity …

A comparative genomics multitool for scientific discovery and conservation

Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Zoonomia Project is investigating the genomics of shared and specialized traits
in eutherian mammals. Here we provide genome assemblies for 131 species, of which all …