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 …

▪ Abstract Inbreeding depression is of major concern in the management and conservation
of endangered species. Inbreeding appears universally to reduce fitness, but its magnitude …

According to what we term the balance hypothesis, an imbalance in the concentration of the
subcomponents of a protein–protein complex can be deleterious. If so, there are two …

Small populations lose genetic variability because of genetic drift, and inbreeding within
populations can further decrease individual variability. Lower variation depresses individual …

This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how captive
breeding and management of wild and domestic animals have affected their behaviour and …

The global amphibian crisis has resulted in renewed interest in captive breeding as a
conservation tool for amphibians. Although captive breeding and reintroduction are …

Inbreeding depression has been a topic of interest in recent years from a number of
perspectives, particularly in the captive breeding of endangered species. Generally, the goal …

Elimination or reduction of inbreeding depression by natural selection at the contributing loci
(purging) has been hypothesized to effectively mitigate the negative effects of inbreeding in …

As anthropogenic environmental changes spread and intensify across the planet,
conservation biologists have to analyze dynamics at large spatial and temporal scales …

Genetic adaptation of wild populations to captivity can be a problem for studies of evolution
and for programs of conservation and biological control. We examine how the life history of …