How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

K Theissinger, C Fernandes, G Formenti, I Bista… - Trends in genetics, 2023 - cell.com
The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment,
conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed …

Landscape genomics to enable conservation actions: the California Conservation Genomics Project

HB Shaffer, E Toffelmier, RB Corbett-Detig… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP) is a unique, critically
important step forward in the use of comprehensive landscape genetic data to modernize …

Single-haplotype comparative genomics provides insights into lineage-specific structural variation during cat evolution

KR Bredemeyer, LD Hillier, AJ Harris, GM Hughes… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The role of structurally dynamic genomic regions in speciation is poorly understood due to
challenges inherent in diploid genome assembly. Here we reconstructed the evolutionary …

A complete, telomere-to-telomere human genome sequence presents new opportunities for evolutionary genomics

Y Mao, G Zhang - Nature methods, 2022 - nature.com
The release of the first telomere-to-telomere (T2T) human genome sequence marks a
milestone for human genomics research and holds promise of complete genomes for …

Evolving spatial conservation prioritization with intraspecific genetic data

M Andrello, C D'aloia, A Dalongeville… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Spatial conservation prioritization (SCP) is a planning framework used to identify new
conservation areas on the basis of the spatial distribution of species, ecosystems, and their …

The impact of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation: from micro-to macroevolution

K Lucek, MD Giménez, M Joron… - Cold Spring …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Chromosomal rearrangements (CRs) have been known since almost the beginning of
genetics. While an important role for CRs in speciation has been suggested, evidence …

Real‐time genomics for One Health

L Urban, A Perlas, O Francino… - Molecular Systems …, 2023 - embopress.org
The ongoing degradation of natural systems and other environmental changes has put our
society at a crossroad with respect to our future relationship with our planet. While the …

Low-input high-molecular-weight DNA extraction for long-read sequencing from plants of diverse families

A Russo, B Mayjonade, D Frei, G Potente… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Long-read DNA sequencing technologies require high molecular weight (HMW) DNA of
adequate purity and integrity, which can be difficult to isolate from plant material. Plant …

How can genomics help or hinder wildlife conservation?

TL Schmidt, JA Thia, AA Hoffmann - Annual Review of Animal …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Genomic data are becoming increasingly affordable and easy to collect, and new tools for
their analysis are appearing rapidly. Conservation biologists are interested in using this …

Scalable, accessible and reproducible reference genome assembly and evaluation in Galaxy

D Larivière, L Abueg, N Brajuka, C Gallardo-Alba… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to produce reference genomes for all~ 1.8 million known
eukaryotic species over the next decade 1–4. Achieving this goal will require the current …