Conservation management strategy impacts inbreeding and mutation load in scimitar-horned oryx

E Humble, MA Stoffel, K Dicks… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
In an age of habitat loss and overexploitation, small populations, both captive and wild, are
increasingly facing the effects of isolation and inbreeding. Genetic management has …

The relevance of pedigrees in the conservation genomics era

SJ Galla, L Brown, Y Couch‐Lewis, I Cubrinovska… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 50 years conservation genetics has developed a substantive toolbox to inform
species management. One of the most long‐standing tools available to manage genetics …

Expanding the conservation genomics toolbox: incorporating structural variants to enhance genomic studies for species of conservation concern

J Wold, KP Koepfli, SJ Galla, D Eccles… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structural variants (SVs) are large rearrangements (> 50 bp) within the genome that impact
gene function and the content and structure of chromosomes. As a result, SVs are a …

Ex situ breeding programs benefit from science‐based cooperative management

AS Putnam, GM Ferrie, JA Ivy - Zoo Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Science‐based management confers a variety of benefits to wildlife populations that are
cooperatively managed by zoos and aquariums, including those managed through the …

Unraveling the genomic diversity and admixture history of captive tigers in the United States

EE Armstrong, JA Mooney, KA Solari, BY Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Genomic studies of endangered species have primarily focused on describing diversity
patterns and resolving phylogenetic relationships, with the overarching goal of informing …

Rescued back from extinction in the wild: Past, present and future of the genetics of the Arabian oryx in Oman

Q Al Rawahi, JL Mijangos… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Arabian oryx was the first species to be rescued from extinction in the wild by the
concerted efforts of captive programmes in zoos and private collections around the world …

Fishing for DNA? Designing baits for population genetics in target enrichment experiments: Guidelines, considerations and the new tool supeRbaits

B Jiménez‐Mena, H Flávio, R Henriques… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted sequencing is an increasingly popular next‐generation sequencing (NGS)
approach for studying populations that involves focusing sequencing efforts on specific parts …

Genetic diversity in global populations of the critically endangered addax (Addax nasomaculatus) and its implications for conservation

KL Dicks, AD Ball, L Banfield, V Barrios… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Threatened species are frequently patchily distributed across small wild populations, ex situ
populations managed with varying levels of intensity and reintroduced populations. Best …

White-naped mangabeys' viable insurance population within European Zoo Network

C Iglesias Pastrana, FJ Navas González… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The success and viability of an ex-situ conservation program lie in the establishment and
potential maintenance of a demographically and genetically viable insurance population …

Development and evaluation of a novel single nucleotide polymorphism panel for North American bison

S Stroupe, JN Derr - Evolutionary Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping platforms have become
increasingly popular in characterizing livestock and wildlife populations, replacing traditional …