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The inflated significance of neutral genetic diversity in conservation genetics.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Mar 2021
Teixeira João C, Huber Christian D
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The current rate of species extinction is rapidly approaching unprecedented highs, and life on Earth presently faces a sixth mass extinction event driven by anthropogenic activity, climate change, and ecological collapse. The field of conservation genetics aims at preserving species by using their levels of genetic diversity, usually measured as neutral genome-wide diversity, as a barometer for evaluating...
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