Restoring gene flow into small, isolated populations can alleviate genetic load and decrease extinction risk (ie, genetic rescue), yet gene flow is rarely augmented as a conservation …
Thousands of small populations are at increased risk of extinction because genetics and evolutionary biology are not well‐integrated into conservation planning–a major lost …
The breeding of threatened species in captivity for release is a central tool in conservation biology. Given gloomy predictions for biodiversity trends in the Anthropocene, captive …
Theory predicts that genetic erosion in small, isolated populations of endangered species can be assessed using estimates of neutral genetic variation, yet this widely used approach …
Human-driven habitat fragmentation and loss have led to a proliferation of small and isolated plant and animal populations with high risk of extinction. One of the main threats to …
The koala, the only extant species of the marsupial family Phascolarctidae, is classified as 'vulnerable'due to habitat loss and widespread disease. We sequenced the koala genome …
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Conservation genetics is the genetics of rarity and extinction. This discipline has arisen in response to the depletion of the biological diversity of the planet through habitat loss …
Conservation genetics is a well‐established scientific field. However, limited information transfer between science and practice continues to hamper successful implementation of …