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Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy

Jensen, Evelyn L ; Díez-Del-Molino, David ; Gilbert, M Thomas P ; Bertola, Laura D ; Borges, Filipa ; Cubric-Curik, Vlatka ; de Navascués, Miguel ; Frandsen, Peter ; Heuertz, Myriam and Hvilsom, Christina , et al. (2022) In Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37(5). p.420-429
Abstract

Although 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, respectively) could play in unlocking the temporal dimension of genetic diversity, allowing key conservation issues to be resolved, including setting baselines for intraspecies 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... (More)

Although 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, respectively) could play in unlocking the temporal dimension of genetic diversity, allowing key conservation issues to be resolved, including setting baselines for intraspecies 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.

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keywords
Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources, DNA, Policy
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Trends in Ecology & Evolution
volume
37
issue
5
pages
10 pages
publisher
Elsevier
external identifiers
  • pmid:35086740
  • scopus:85123705276
ISSN
1872-8383
DOI
10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010
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English
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Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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  author       = {{Jensen, Evelyn L and Díez-Del-Molino, David and Gilbert, M Thomas P and Bertola, Laura D and Borges, Filipa and Cubric-Curik, Vlatka and de Navascués, Miguel and Frandsen, Peter and Heuertz, Myriam and Hvilsom, Christina and Jiménez-Mena, Belén and Miettinen, Antti and Moest, Markus and Pečnerová, Patrícia and Barnes, Ian and Vernesi, Cristiano}},
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  keywords     = {{Biodiversity; Conservation of Natural Resources; DNA; Policy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{420--429}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Trends in Ecology & Evolution}},
  title        = {{Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010}},
  volume       = {{37}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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