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Conservation Genetics

Conservation genetics is an interdisciplinary subfield of population genetics that applies genetic principles and molecular technologies to assess and manage genetic diversity within populations for the purpose of preventing species extinction and preserving adaptive evolutionary potential.

7.7K

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360.5K

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24K

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7.7K

Introduction to conservation genetics

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 3.5K citations

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Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in endangered fern Adiantum reniforme var. sinense

Ming Kang, Pan Li, Xiaohong Yao et al. · Conservation Genetics · 2006 · 2.6K citations

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Population Genetic Consequences of Small Population Size: Implications for Plant Conservation

Norman C. Ellstrand, Diane R. Elam · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1993 · 2.6K citations

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Environmental DNA – An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity

Philip Francis Thomsen, Eske Willerslev · Biological Conservation · 2014 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Microsatellite analysis of population structure in Canadian polar bears

David Paetkau, Wendy Calvert, I Stirling et al. · Molecular Ecology · 1995 · 2.1K citations

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Authors

24K

  1. PW
    Philip W. Hedrick

    Arizona State University, United States

    34 publications · 6.5K citations

    29

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  2. LP
    Lisette P. Waits

    University of Idaho, United States

    38 publications · 4K citations

    26

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  3. ER
    Ettore Randi

    Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Italy

    33 publications · 3K citations

    25

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  4. RF
    Richard Frankham

    Macquarie University, Australia

    27 publications · 4.6K citations

    24

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  5. GL
    Gordon Luikart

    University of Montana, United States

    34 publications · 4.6K citations

    23

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Institutions

4.7K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    57 h-index

    505 publications

    34.7K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    46 h-index

    689 publications

    32.1K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    42 h-index

    273 publications

    11K citations

  4. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    41 h-index

    167 publications

    16.4K citations

  5. University of Montana

    Missoula, United States

    41 h-index

    169 publications

    21.1K citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    40 h-index

    129 publications

    10.6K citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    38 h-index

    221 publications

    9K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    36 h-index

    139 publications

    12.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Molecular Ecology

    425 publications · 41.2K citations

    106

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  2. Conservation Biology

    140 publications · 15.2K citations

    70

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  3. Conservation Genetics

    578 publications · 27K citations

    67

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  4. Biological Conservation

    150 publications · 12.4K citations

    52

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  5. Heredity

    124 publications · 6.1K citations

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See also

Conservation Genetics

Core Methods

Applications

Management Strategies

Threat Processes

Monitoring Metrics