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 genomics revolution has sparked interest in using our increased understanding of the
loci involved in phenotypic variation and adaptation to advance the conservation of …

Conservation management strategies for many highly threatened species include
conservation breeding to prevent extinction and enhance recovery. Pairing decisions for …

Conservation breeding programs such as zoos play a major role in preventing extinction, but
their sustainability may be impeded by neutral and adaptive population genetic change …

Background Recent advances in genomics have greatly increased research opportunities
for non-model species. For wildlife, a growing availability of reference genomes means that …

As species extinction rates increase, genomics provides a powerful tool to support intensive
management of threatened species. We use the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) to …

Executive summary The value of Australia's biodiversity is difficult to measure, but
biodiversity is a key part of Australia's national identity, and is integral to subsistence and …

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

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 …

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 …