The reduction of genetic diversity in threatened vertebrates and new recommendations regarding IUCN conservation rankings

By J. Willoughby, Mekala Sundaram, B. Wijayawardena, S. Kimble, Yanzhu Ji, N. B. Fernández, J. Antonides, Maureen C. Lamb, Nicholas J Marra, J. A. DeWoody. 2015

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Subfields: Genetics, Molecular Biology

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In Genetics

1. L. Liggins
2. R. Domingues
3. A. Hilsdorf
4. O. B. Gadig
5. Sean M. Hoban
6. Uma Ramakrishnan
7. Gernot Segelbacher
8. C. Vernesi

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1. Sean M. Hoban
2. C. Vernesi
3. R. Domingues
4. R. Ogden
5. M. W. Bruford
6. A. Hilsdorf
7. L. Waits
8. Paul A Hohenlohe

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• Genetic diversity is considered important but interpreted narrowly in country reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Current actions and indicators are insufficient (2021, unknown): “Despite their status as official genetic CBD indicators, they do not directly or indirectly assess genetic diversity (see Glossary) and are inadequate for reporting on genetic diversity change (Willoughby et al., 2015; Garner et al., 2020; Hoban et al., 2020a).”
• Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved (2020, background): “However, although genetic diversity is lower on average in threatened species, RL categories are poor predictors of genetic erosion and a metric based on effective population size and its influence on genetic erosion was subsequently recommended (Willoughby et al., 2015).”
• The importance of considering genetic diversity in shark and ray conservation policies (2017, background): “Therefore, we believe that Ne is an important genetic parameter to be applied to future fisheries management plans because of its importance in assessing the level of genetic diversity (Willoughby et al. 2015) and because of its role as a proxy of abundance [(IUCN Red List criterion C) (Ovenden et a”