The field of conservation genetics, when properly implemented, is a constant juggling act
integrating molecular genetics, ecology, and demography with applied aspects concerning …

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 …

In this chapter, you will learn about: 1. Why genetic concerns are central to the study of
conservation biology 2. How to measure the genetic attributes of individuals and populations …

Despite its recognised importance for species' persistence, integrating genetics into
conservation management has proved problematic, creating a “conservation genetics gap” …

It has been 50 years since the landmark paper by Frankel highlighted the importance of
genetic variation for continued evolution in the conservation of species. Despite major …

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 …

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 …

Conservation genetics utilizes the tools and concepts of genetics and applies them to
problems in conservation biology. For example, molecular genetic techniques, such as …

In his 1994 review of conservation biology, Graeme Caughley questioned the central role for
genetics in that discipline. His central theme was that there was no known case of genetic …

In two prophetic papers, Otto Frankel presented the conceptual and moral agenda for the
discipline of conservation genetics. Within the last decade the penetration of genetics into …