The effective population size is required to predict the rate of inbreeding and loss of genetic
variation in wildlife. Since only census population size is normally available, it is critical to …

Conservation genetics is the application of genetics to understand and reduce the risk of
population and species extinctions. It deals with genetic factors causing rarity …

Identifying recently bottlenecked populations (populations severely reduced in size) is
important because bottlenecks can increase demographic stochasticity, rate of inbreeding …

Only five species of the once-diverse Rhinocerotidae remain, making the reconstruction of
their evolutionary history a challenge to biologists since Darwin. We sequenced genomes …

It is important to detect population bottlenecks in threatened and managed species because
bottlenecks can increase the risk of population extinction. Early detection is critical and can …

Ecotourism is often viewed as effective for promoting the conservation of endangered
species and habitats in develo** countries. By creating economic incentives for …

Conservation genetics utilizes the tools and concepts of genetics and applies them to
problems in conservation biology. For example, molecular genetic techniques, such as …

Wild populations face threats both from deterministic factors, eg, habitat loss,
overexploitation, pollution, and introduced species, and from stochastic events of a …

TM Caro and M. Karen Laurenson wild cheetahs tested seropositive to a number of
infectious agents or micropara-sites including feline coronavirus (32% to 62%), herpesvirus …

Although traditional population fragmentation theory and management has been strongly
oriented toward concerns arising from inbreeding depression, recent papers suggest that …