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Overview on the Role of Advance Genomics in Conservation Biology of Endangered Species

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Khan, Suliman, Nabi, Ghulam, Ullah, Muhammad Wajid, Yousaf, Muhammad, Manan, Sehrish, Siddique, Rabeea, Hou, Hongwei·2016·International Journal of Genomics
DOI 10.1155/2016/3460416PMC PMC5153469
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In the recent era, due to tremendous advancement in industrialization, pollution and other anthropogenic activities have created a serious scenario for biota survival. It has been reported that present biota is entering a “sixth” mass extinction, because of chronic exposure to anthropogenic activities. Various ex situ and in situ measures have been adopted for conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animal species; however, these have been limited due to various discrepancies associated with them. Current advancement in molecular technologies, especially, genomics, is playing a very crucial role in biodiversity conservation. Advance genomics helps in identifying the segments of genome responsible for adaptation. It can also improve our understanding about microevolution through a better understanding of selection, mutation, assertive matting, and recombination. Advance genomics helps in identifying genes that are essential for fitness and ultimately for developing modern and fast monitoring tools for endangered biodiversity. This review article focuses on the applications of advanced genomics mainly demographic, adaptive genetic variations, inbreeding, hybridization and introgression, and disease susceptibilities, in the conservation of threatened biota. In short, it provides the fundamentals for novice readers and advancement in genomics for the experts working for the conservation of endangered plant and animal species.

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    The Introduction and Section 3 describe genome sequencing and genomic approaches as increasingly useful for conserving endangered species. They do not specifically identify high-quality reference genome assemblies as a foundation of conservation genomics or discuss assembly quality. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Authors
Khan, S., Nabi, G., Ullah, M. W., Yousaf, M., Manan, S., Siddique, R., & Hou, H.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
  • Huazhong Agricultural University (CN)
  • The University of Agriculture, Peshawar (PK)
  • The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Genomics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016
Volume
2016
Pages
1-8
ISSN
  • 2314-436X (ISSN-L)
  • 2314-4378
DOI
10.1155/2016/3460416
PMC
PMC5153469
OpenAlex
W2559685457
Cited by
63
References
72
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  • Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS Institutional Repository (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords
conservation genomics, threatened species, biodiversity conservation, adaptive genetic variation, inbreeding, hybridization, introgression, disease susceptibility, microevolution, sixth mass extinction

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