Optimal Management of Genetic Diversity in Subdivided Populations.

ABSTRACT: One of the main objectives of conservation programs is the maintenance of genetic diversity because this provides the adaptive potential of populations to face new environmental challenges. Genetic diversity is generally assessed by means of neutral molecular markers, and it is usually quantified by the expected heterozygosity under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and the number of alleles per locus or allelic diversity. These two measures of genetic diversity are complementary because whereas the former is directly related to genetic variance for quantitative traits and, therefore, to the short-term response to selection and adaptation, the latter is more sensitive to population bottlenecks and relates more strongly to the long-term capacity of adaptation of populations. In the context of stru

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Cortegano E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753960 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature