A decision-making framework to maximise the evolutionary potential of populations - Genetic and genomic insights from the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) at its range limits.

Abstract excerpt

Anthropogenic habitat modification and climate change are fundamental drivers of biodiversity declines, reducing the evolutionary potential of species, particularly at their distributional limits. Supportive breeding or reintroductions of individuals are often made to replenish declining populations, sometimes informed by genetic analysis. However, most approaches utilised (i.e. single locus markers) do not have...

Topics

• Animals
• Genetics, Population
• Genetic Variation
• Microsatellite Repeats
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Conservation of Natural Resources
• Biological Evolution
• Bufonidae
• Genomics
• Decision Making