Conservation macrogenetics: harnessing genetic data to meet conservation commitments.
Trends Genet
; 39(11): 816-829, 2023 11.
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| ID: mdl-37648576
ABSTRACT
Genetic biodiversity is rapidly gaining attention in global conservation policy. However, for almost all species, conservation relevant, population-level genetic data are lacking, limiting the extent to which genetic diversity can be used for conservation policy and decision-making. Macrogenetics is an emerging discipline that explores the patterns and processes underlying population genetic composition at broad taxonomic and spatial scales by aggregating and reanalyzing thousands of published genetic datasets. Here we argue that focusing macrogenetic tools on conservation needs, or conservation macrogenetics, will enhance decision-making for conservation practice and fill key data gaps for global policy. Conservation macrogenetics provides an empirical basis for better understanding the complexity and resilience of biological systems and, thus, how anthropogenic drivers and policy decisions affect biodiversity.
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Conservação dos Recursos Naturais
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Biodiversidade
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Prognostic_studies
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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