Conservation initiatives are now more crucial than ever—over a million plant and animal
species are at risk of extinction over the coming decades. The genetic management of …

The prevalence and intensity of parasites in wild hosts varies across space and is a key
determinant of infection risk in humans, domestic animals and threatened wildlife. Because …

A key action of the new Global Biodiversity Framework is the maintenance of genetic
diversity in all species to safeguard their adaptive potential. To achieve this goal, a …

Based on the abundant studies available on humans showing clear associations between
rapid environmental changes and the rate of neoplasia, we propose that human activities …

Conservation breeding programmes have become widespread as natural habitats shrink,
and have been historically managed using pedigree data and an assumption that …

Tasmanian devils face a combination of threats to persistence, including devil facial tumor
disease (DFTD), an epidemic transmissible cancer. We used RAD sequencing to investigate …

Maintenance of adaptive genetic variation has long been a goal of management of natural
populations, but only recently have genomic tools allowed identification of specific loci …

Conservation breeding programs aim to maintain 90% wild genetic diversity, but rarely
assess functional diversity. Here, we compare both genome-wide and functional diversity (in …

There has been much discussion relating to the current biodiversity crisis, with the loss of
species now at an unprecedented rate. Using augmentation and/or reintroduction to …

The anthropogenic impact on wildlife is ever increasing. With shrinking habitats, wild
populations are being pushed to co-exist in proximity to humans leading to an increased …