Article
Ancient DNA and conservation: lessons from the endangered kiwi of New Zealand.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2008
Shepherd L D, Lambert D M
Abstract excerpt
Conservation genetics typically seeks to map the distribution of contemporary genetic variation across space, and to use the resulting genetic parameters to infer any likely short-term evolutionary consequences for rare and endangered species. Recent developments in the study of ancient DNA now enable the extension of genetic variation studies backwards in time and provide a context by which to interpret...
Topics
- Animals
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- DNA
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Extinction, Biological
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- New Zealand
- Palaeognathae
- Population Density
- Sequence Analysis, DNA