The contribution of historical processes to contemporary extinction risk in placental mammals

[INTRODUCTION] The Anthropocene is marked by an accelerated loss of biodiversity, widespread population declines, and a global conservation crisis. Given limited resources for conservation intervention, an approach is needed to identify threatened species from among the thousands lacking adequate information for status assessments. Such prioritization for intervention could come from genome sequence data, as genomes contain information about demography, diversity, fitness, and adaptive potential. However, the relevance of genomic data for identifying at-risk species is uncertain, in part because genetic variation may reflect past events and life histories better than contemporary conservation status.

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Main Authors:	Wilder, Aryn P., Supple, Megan A., Subramanian, Ayshwarya, Mudide, Anish, Swofford, Ross, Serres-Armero, Aitor, Steiner, Cynthia, Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Genereux, Diane P., Karlsson, Elinor K., Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Marqués-Bonet, Tomàs, Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta, Foley, Kathleen, Meyer, Wynn K., Zoonomia Consortium, Juan, David, Muntané, Gerard, Navarro, Arcadi, Valenzuela, Alejandro, Ryder, Oliver A., Shapiro, Beth
Other Authors:	National Institutes of Health (US)
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023-04-28
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/348704
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