Working Group
Genetic monitoring has the potential to become a valuable tool for the management and conservation of populations. Recent rapid advances in molecular genetic techniques make it relatively easy and inexpensive to quantify temporal changes in the genetics of populations over tens or even hundreds of years. However, it is currently unknown under what circumstances genetic monitoring would provide valuable information or what genetic data are required for effective genetic monitoring. We propose a working group that will address these issues in order to provide guidance for resource managers and policy makers. We will also evaluate the potential for using genetic monitoring of candidate genes likely to be affected by climate change and other forms of stress in order to understand evolutionary responses to environmental changes. The results of this working group will be rigorous and practical guidelines for the design of genetic monitoring strategies and should lead to improved assessments of population trends and evolutionary processes.
Genetic monitoring: development of tools for conservation and management
PI(s): | Fred Allendorf (University of Montana-Missoula) Michael Schwartz (Rocky Mountain Research Station) |
Start Date: | 1-Sep-2007 |
End Date: | 31-Aug-2009 |
Keywords: | management of natural populations, conservation biology, gene structure and function, climate change |
Genetic monitoring has the potential to become a valuable tool for the management and conservation of populations. Recent rapid advances in molecular genetic techniques make it relatively easy and inexpensive to quantify temporal changes in the genetics of populations over tens or even hundreds of years. However, it is currently unknown under what circumstances genetic monitoring would provide valuable information or what genetic data are required for effective genetic monitoring. We propose a working group that will address these issues in order to provide guidance for resource managers and policy makers. We will also evaluate the potential for using genetic monitoring of candidate genes likely to be affected by climate change and other forms of stress in order to understand evolutionary responses to environmental changes. The results of this working group will be rigorous and practical guidelines for the design of genetic monitoring strategies and should lead to improved assessments of population trends and evolutionary processes.
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Publications- Detecting population recovery using gametic disequilibrium-based effective population size estimates Tallmon, D.A., Waples, R.S., Gregovich, D., & Schwartz, M.K. (2012). Detecting population recovery using gametic disequilibrium-based effective population size estimates. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(4), 987-989. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9689-3
- Guidelines for collecting and maintaining archives for genetic monitoring Jackson, J.A., Laikre, L., Baker, C.S., Kendall, K.C., and the Genetic Monitoring Working Group (2012). Guidelines for collecting and maintaining archives for genetic monitoring. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(2), 527-536. doi: 10.1007/s12686-011-9545-x
- Monitoring adaptive genetic responses to environmental change Hansen, M.M., Olivieri, I., Waller, D.M., Nielsen, E.E. and The GeM Working Group (2012), Monitoring adaptive genetic responses to environmental change. Molecular Ecology, 21: 1311â1329. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05463.x
- Estimating contemporary effective population size on the basis of linkage disequilibrium in the face of migration Waples, R.S., & England, P.R. (2011). Estimating contemporary effective population size on the basis of linkage disequilibrium in the face of migration. Genetics, 189(2), 633-644. doi: 10.1534/genetics.111.132233
- Genetic monitoring for managers: a new online resource Stetz, J.B., Kendall, K.C., Vojta, C.D., and the Genetic Monitoring (GeM) Working Group. (2011). Genetic monitoring for managers: a new online resource. Journal of Fish & Wildlife Management, 2(2), 216-219. doi: 10.3996/082011-JFWM-048
- Promoting collaboration between livestock and wildlife conservation genetics communities Joost, S., Colli, L., Bonin, A., Biebach, I., Allendorf, F.W., Hoffmann, I., Hanotte, O., Taberlet, P., & Bruford, M.W. (2011). Promoting collaboration between livestock and wildlife conservation genetics communities. Conservation Genetics Resources, 3(4), 785-788. doi: 10.1007/s12686-011-9457-9
- Linkage Disequilibrium Estimates Of Contemporary N-E Using Highly Variable Genetic Markers: A Largely Untapped Resource For Applied Conservation And Evolution Waples, R.S. and C. Do (2010). Linkage Disequilibrium Estimates Of Contemporary N-E Using Highly Variable Genetic Markers: A Largely Untapped Resource For Applied Conservation And Evolution. Evolutionary Applications 3(3): 244-262.
- Spatial-temporal stratifications in natural populations and how they affect understanding and estimation of effective population size Waples, R.S. (2010), Spatial-temporal stratifications in natural populations and how they affect understanding and estimation of effective population size. Molecular Ecology Resources, 10: 785â796. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02876.x
- When are genetic methods useful for estimating contemporary abundance and detecting population trends? Tallmon, D.A., Gregovich, D., Waples, R.S., Baker, C.S., Jackson, J., Taylor, B.L., Archer, E., Martien, K.K., Allendorf, F.W., & Schwartz, M.K. (2010), When are genetic methods useful for estimating contemporary abundance and detecting population trends?. Molecular Ecology Resources, 10: 684â692. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02831.x
- Compromising genetic diversity in the wild: unmonitored large-scale release of plants and animals Linda Laikre, Michael K. Schwartz, Robin S. Waples and Nils Ryman. 2010, Compromising genetic diversity in the wild: unmonitored large-scale release of plants and animals, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, volume 25, issue 9, pp. 520-529
- The Arctic melting pot Brendan P. Kelly, Andrew Whiteley and David Tallmon. 2010, The Arctic melting pot, Nature, volume 468, issue 7326, pp. 891-891
- Neglect of genetic diversity in implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity Laikre, L., F.W. Allendorf, L.C. Aroner, et al. (2010). Neglect of genetic diversity in implementation of the convention on biological diversity. Conservation Biology 24(1): 86-88.
- Sixty Years Of Anthropogenic Pressure: A Spatio-Temporal Genetic Analysis Of Brown Trout Populations Subject To Stocking And Population Declines Hansen, M.M., D.J. Fraser, K. Meier, et al. (2009). Sixty Years Of Anthropogenic Pressure: A Spatio-Temporal Genetic Analysis Of Brown Trout Populations Subject To Stocking And Population Declines. Molecular Ecology 18(12): 2549-2562.