Background In conservation genetics, molecular data can play two fundamental roles that I
will refer to as the mechanistic (or functional) and the inventorial. With respect to the …

Conservation genetics focuses on understanding the role and requirement of genetic
variation for population persistence. However, considerable debate now surrounds the role …

Natural populations currently face a wide variety of threats including climate change, habitat
loss, over-harvesting, invasive species and disease. The most recent report by the …

We will soon have complete genome sequences from thousands of species, as well as from
many individuals within species. This coming explosion of information will transform our …

Although the application of population and evolutionary genetic theory and methods to
address issues of conservation relevance has a long history, the formalization of …

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 …

Conservation genetics is an applied science, involving the application of evolutionary and
molecular genetics to biodiversity conservation. There are often disconnects between the …

The basic premise of conservation genetics is that small populations may be genetically
threatened. The two steps leading to this premise are:(1) due to prominent influence of …

D irect and indirect effects of human population growth are precipitating sharp declines of
biodiversity worldwide. The field of conservation biology has been defined as “a response …

The scientific foundations of conservation policy are the subject of a recent tripolar debate,
with systematists arguing for the primacy of phylogenetic rankings, ecologists arguing for …