Keen to hear more about the #SecretSauce to codeveloped #ConsGen DNA research/practitioner success? Check out our @SCBConGen symposium & roundtable @ICCB2021 π, 15 Dec 12-2PM EST. Presentations are already available online, for early viewing, and are fantastic! 1/n
Our six symposium speakers and roundtable panelists are representative of >6 countries π΅πΉ/πΊπΈ,π¨π±,π¦πΊ,π¬π§,π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ,πΏπ¦,π³πΏ. Keen to learn more? check out their talks titles below. 2/n
Dr. Soraia Barbosa @soraiambarbosa from @CIBIO_InBIO will kick off the symposium with her talk "The importance of research-management partnerships to advance conservation practice and policy." 3/n
Dr. Constanza Napolitano from Universidad de los Lagos will chat with us about the results of a recent practitioner survey in Latin America, with her talk "Research-management partnerships in Latin America: Identifying gaps and opportunities." 4/n
Dr. Carolyn Hogg @HoggCarolyn from the University of Sydney will provide examples of conservation genetic application, with her presentation "Conservation Genomics and the Age of Extinction." 5/n
Dr. Kara Dicks @kara_dicks from @rzss will discuss the role that zoos play in #ConsGen application, with her talk "We're going to the zoo: how RZSS WildGenes bridges the gap between conservation genetic research and application." 6/n
Dr. Yoshan Moodley from the University of Venda will give a perspective on #ConsGen application from Africa, with his talk "Implementing genetic management of wildlife populations in Africa." 7/n
Dr. Tammy Steeves @testeeves will finish our symposium with a perspective, entitled "Co-creation of genomic research with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand." 8/fin
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Check out our latest preprint: the relevance of pedigrees in the conservation genomics era bit.ly/3wCO7DH. TLDR: itβs not either/or when it comes to #pedigrees & #genomics. Having both helps researchers address more conservation questions than one data set alone. 𧡠1/10
Conservation #genetics 𧬠has developed a substantive toolbox π§ to inform species management. While much discussion has been dedicated towards genomic advances, there remains one long-standing tool in #ConGen that is often overlooked: the pedigree. 2/10
Pedigrees have been used to understand and manage diversity in threatened populations for decades. But, caveats like assumed founder relatedness, missing data, and errors can make them tricky to use. See Forsdick et al (ecoevorxiv.org/7bnjw/) for more. 3/10
Around the π, #conservation breeding programmes strategically pair the least related individuals to enhance recovery. This is like #Tinder for threatened species, only more information goes into pairing than swiping β¬ οΈ or β‘οΈ. See my #3MT for more! 2/13
Itβs important to get the relatedness value right for pairing, because mating between close relatives can result in negative fitness consequences, like β¬οΈ hatching success π£(see bit.ly/3b4IILO). 3/13
No longer just a promise (bit.ly/2SMXehV), the #ConservationGenomics revolution is here: #genomics is adding awesome tools to the #conservation tool box to inform the management of some of the worldβs most threatened species. 2/13