Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation: The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in declining populations: an example of adaptive variation

摘要: INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Conservation biology has focused on the long-term survival of endangered species. To this end, primary genetic goals in managed populations species have been avoidance lowered fitness from inbreeding and maintenance potentially adaptive variation. Captive breeding programmes specifically designed both to avoid (inbreeding depression) retain a given amount variation for period time, primarily by minimising mean kinship population (Ballou & Lacy, 1995). Generally these are mutually consistent may also serve other purposes, such as avoiding adaptation captive conditions, accumulation detrimental variants However, more molecular information accumulates, it is useful consider whether new data can be used manage effectively genetically populations. For example, using number microsatellite loci (over 5000 highly variable genes described humans; Dib et al. , 1996), possible estimate relationships among founders or individuals unknown ancestry. With information, plans modified reflect previously well those known breeding. Relevant discussion here, determine value maintaining particular because their significance. Priority could groups that would maintain variants.