Our understanding of the interactions between genetic and environmental factors in sha**
behavioral phenotypes has expanded to include environment-induced epigenetic …

Conservation breeding programs such as zoos play a major role in preventing extinction, but
their sustainability may be impeded by neutral and adaptive population genetic change …

Captive‐breeding programs are increasingly implemented to curb population declines but
can have unintended negative effects on genetic diversity and phenotypes. Through an …

Free-ranging cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are generally healthy, whereas cheetahs under
human care, such as those in zoological gardens, suffer from ill-defined infectious and …

Animals in captivity experience drastically different selective pressures than their wild
counterparts. This can cause evolutionary divergence in behavior between captive and wild …

Captive breeding programs are an increasingly common tool to prevent extinction and
provide a source population for reintroductions to the wild. Breeding programs attempt to …