Mutation load is the spectre of species conservation

Cock van Oosterhout

doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1204-8

Mutation load is the spectre of species conservation

Cock van Oosterhout

School of Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

Genomic regions conserved during evolution are important, but they have been ignored in conservation genetics. Managing deleterious mutations in such ultraconserved elements by genomics-informed conservation would make populations more resilient to future genetic drift.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1004–1006
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Ecology & Evolution
Volume	4
Issue number	8
Early online date	4 May 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1204-8
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020

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