[HTML][HTML] How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

K Theissinger, C Fernandes, G Formenti, I Bista… - Trends in genetics, 2023 - cell.com
The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment,
conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed …

The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

G Formenti, K Theissinger, C Fernandes, I Bista… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference
genomes. Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes representing …

Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management

PA Hohenlohe, WC Funk, OP Rajora - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is under threat worldwide. Over the past decade, the field of population
genomics has developed across nonmodel organisms, and the results of this research have …

The contribution of historical processes to contemporary extinction risk in placental mammals

AP Wilder, MA Supple, A Subramanian, A Mudide… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Species persistence can be influenced by the amount, type, and distribution of diversity
across the genome, suggesting a potential relationship between historical demography and …

Reference genomes for conservation

S Paez, RHS Kraus, B Shapiro, MTP Gilbert, ED Jarvis… - Science, 2022 - science.org
As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List estimates
that more than 32% of fungal, plant, and animal species are threatened with extinction. This …

Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies

DM Leigh, CB van Rees, KL Millette, MF Breed… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The rapidly emerging field of macrogenetics focuses on analysing publicly accessible
genetic datasets from thousands of species to explore large-scale patterns and predictors of …

The phenotypic costs of captivity

R Crates, D Stojanovic, R Heinsohn - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Balancing openness with Indigenous data sovereignty: An opportunity to leave no one behind in the journey to sequence all of life

AM Mc Cartney, J Anderson, L Liggins… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
The field of genomics has benefited greatly from its “openness” approach to data sharing.
However, with the increasing volume of sequence information being created and stored and …

Translating genomic advances into biodiversity conservation

CJ Hogg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
A key action of the new Global Biodiversity Framework is the maintenance of genetic
diversity in all species to safeguard their adaptive potential. To achieve this goal, a …

Threatened Species Initiative: Empowering conservation action using genomic resources

CJ Hogg, K Ottewell, P Latch, M Rossetto… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Globally, 15,521 animal species are listed as threatened by the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, and of these less than 3% have genomic resources that can inform …