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Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management
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 begun to be applied in conservation and management of wildlife species. Genomics tools can provide precise estimates of basic...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7894518/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33145846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15720 |
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author | Hohenlohe, Paul A. Funk, W. Chris Rajora, Om P. |
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description | 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 begun to be applied in conservation and management of wildlife species. Genomics tools can provide precise estimates of basic features of wildlife populations, such as effective population size, inbreeding, demographic history and population structure, that are critical for conservation efforts. Moreover, population genomics studies can identify particular genetic loci and variants responsible for inbreeding depression or adaptation to changing environments, allowing for conservation efforts to estimate the capacity of populations to evolve and adapt in response to environmental change and to manage for adaptive variation. While connections from basic research to applied wildlife conservation have been slow to develop, these connections are increasingly strengthening. Here we review the primary areas in which population genomics approaches can be applied to wildlife conservation and management, highlight examples of how they have been used, and provide recommendations for building on the progress that has been made in this field. |
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spelling | pubmed-78945182021-03-02 Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management Hohenlohe, Paul A. Funk, W. Chris Rajora, Om P. Mol Ecol Invited Reviews and Syntheses 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 begun to be applied in conservation and management of wildlife species. Genomics tools can provide precise estimates of basic features of wildlife populations, such as effective population size, inbreeding, demographic history and population structure, that are critical for conservation efforts. Moreover, population genomics studies can identify particular genetic loci and variants responsible for inbreeding depression or adaptation to changing environments, allowing for conservation efforts to estimate the capacity of populations to evolve and adapt in response to environmental change and to manage for adaptive variation. While connections from basic research to applied wildlife conservation have been slow to develop, these connections are increasingly strengthening. Here we review the primary areas in which population genomics approaches can be applied to wildlife conservation and management, highlight examples of how they have been used, and provide recommendations for building on the progress that has been made in this field. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-11-18 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7894518/ /pubmed/33145846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15720 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Molecular Ecology published by 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Invited Reviews and Syntheses Hohenlohe, Paul A. Funk, W. Chris Rajora, Om P. Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management |
title | Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management |
title_full | Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management |
title_fullStr | Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management |
title_full_unstemmed | Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management |
title_short | Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management |
title_sort | population genomics for wildlife conservation and management |
topic | Invited Reviews and Syntheses |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7894518/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33145846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15720 |
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