Opportunities and limitations for reproductive science in species conservation

WV Holt, P Comizzoli - Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Reproductive science in the context of conservation biology is often understood solely in
terms of breeding threatened species. Although technologies developed primarily for …

Conservation biology and reproduction in a time of developmental plasticity

WV Holt, P Comizzoli - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this review is to ask whether, and how, principles in conservation biology
may need to be revisited in light of new knowledge about the power of epigenetics to alter …

Expanding the conservation genomics toolbox: incorporating structural variants to enhance genomic studies for species of conservation concern

J Wold, KP Koepfli, SJ Galla, D Eccles… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structural variants (SVs) are large rearrangements (> 50 bp) within the genome that impact
gene function and the content and structure of chromosomes. As a result, SVs are a …

Restoring faith in conservation action: Maintaining wild genetic diversity through the Tasmanian devil insurance program

KA Farquharson, EA McLennan, Y Cheng, L Alexander… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
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 …

Declining amphibians might be evolving increased reproductive effort in the face of devastating disease

LA Brannelly, RJ Webb, Z Jiang, L Berger… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The devastating infectious disease chytridiomycosis has caused declines of amphibians
across the globe, yet some populations are persisting and even recovering. One …

Leveraging an existing whole‐genome resequencing population data set to characterize toll‐like receptor gene diversity in a threatened bird

M Magid, JR Wold, R Moraga… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species recovery programs are increasingly using genomic data to measure neutral genetic
diversity and calculate metrics like relatedness. While these measures can inform …

Current applications and future promise of genetic/genomic data for conservation in an Aotearoa New Zealand context

N Forsdick, CIM Adams, A Alexander, AC Clark… - 2021 - ecoevorxiv.org
The field of conservation biology has a long history of incorporating diverse disciplines into
its 'toolbox'for improved outcomes. One such discipline is conservation genomics, which has …

[PDF][PDF] A novel bioinformatic approach to characterise toll-like receptor gene diversity in threatened birds.

MC Magid - 2021 - ir.canterbury.ac.nz
Species recovery programmes are increasingly using genomic data to measure neutral
genetic diversity and calculate metrics like relatedness. While these measures can inform …

Evaluating the importance of translocations in rescuing the genetic diversity of the endemic Saimaa ringed seal

T Sundell, JI Kammonen, E Mustanoja, V Biard… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Fragmentation of isolated populations increases the risk of inbreeding and loss of genetic
diversity. The endemic Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is one of the most …

[PDF][PDF] Análisis de viabilidad poblacional del Demonio de Tasmania (Sarcophilus harrisii)

D Carrascón Fernández, LV Monteagudo Ibáñez… - zaguan.unizar.es
1. Resumen El demonio de Tasmania (Sarcophilus harrisii) es un mamífero terrestre que
actualmente solo está presente en la isla de Tasmania. Se puede encontrar a lo largo de …