Genetic evaluation of captive populations of endangered species and merging of populations: Gila topminnows as an example.

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To avoid extinction, captive populations of a number of endangered species have been established. While in captivity, these populations have been managed to retain genetic variation although direct evaluation of this strategy using molecular markers is not common. In addition, when the number of founders for a captive population is small, other founders or populations may be added to increase genetic variation....

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