Journal article
Ancient and Historical DNA in Conservation Policy
Newcastle University1
Section for Marine Living Resources, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark2
University of Helsinki3
University of Innsbruck4
Natural History Museum5
Edmund Mach Foundation6
Centre for Palaeogenetics7
University of Copenhagen8
NOVA University Lisbon9
University of Zagreb10
Université de Montpellier11
Copenhagen Zoo12
University of Bordeaux13
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark14
...and 4 moreAlthough genetic diversity has been recognized as a key component of biodiversity since the first Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1993, it has rarely been included in conservation policies and regulations. Even less appreciated is the role that ancient and historical DNA (aDNA and hDNA) could play in unlocking the temporal dimension of genetic diversity, allowing key conservation issues to be resolved, including setting baselines for intra-species genetic diversity, estimating changes in effective population size (Ne), and identifying the genealogical continuity of populations.
Here, we discuss how genetic information from ancient and historical specimens can play a central role in preserving biodiversity and highlight specific conservation policies that could incorporate such data to help countries meet their CBD obligations.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2022 |
| Pages: | 420-429 |
| ISSN: | 18728383 , 01695347 and 09680012 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010 |
| ORCIDs: | 0000-0002-1819-3117 , 0000-0002-9701-5940 , 0000-0002-5805-7195 , 0000-0002-3445-0355 , 0000-0002-1405-2341 , 0000-0002-2223-5957 , 0000-0001-8342-6047 , 0000-0001-7131-0944 , 0000-0002-6322-3645 , 0000-0001-7870-6888 , Jiménez-Mena, Belén , 0000-0001-6002-2891 , 0000-0001-9350-1987 , 0000-0001-8322-6918 and 0000-0001-7534-5669 |
