The future is here: an easy‐to‐use toolkit for integrating genetics into conservation management

IF 2.8 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Animal Conservation Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI:10.1111/acv.12971

C. J. Hogg, K. A. Farquharson, P. Brandies, L. W. Silver, K. Ottewell, E. A. McLennan, S. Richmond, K. Belov

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Abstract

Over the past decade, the development of genetic and genomic tools for conservation management has come forward in leaps and bounds. Once considered a ‘nice to have’, genetic data are fast becoming an essential tool for informing and managing translocations. However, due to the complexity of the field, easily using genetic data for decision‐making and monitoring remains beyond the reach of most managers and conservation biologists. In May 2020, we launched the Threatened Species Initiative (TSI), a programme designed to generate genomic resources for Australia's threatened species. Critical to the project is not only the generation of reference genomes and population genetic data but an online toolkit for conservation managers. The toolkit is a ‘one stop shop’ from collecting samples, to generating and analysing genetic data, to an easily interpretable genetic management report. A series of workflows and pipelines have been developed, including the TSI Biodiversity Portal, that uses point and click web interfaces to easily transfer raw sequence data and assemble genomes, transcriptomes and soon population genetics for management decisions. Here we present how the current toolkit works and provide case study examples for how it is being used to inform translocations and the management of threatened species.

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未来已来：将遗传学纳入保护管理的易用工具包

过去十年间，用于保护管理的基因和基因组工具的发展突飞猛进。基因数据一度被认为是 "不错的工具"，但现在正迅速成为提供信息和管理迁移的重要工具。然而，由于该领域的复杂性，大多数管理者和保护生物学家仍无法轻松利用基因数据进行决策和监测。2020 年 5 月，我们启动了濒危物种计划（TSI），该计划旨在为澳大利亚的濒危物种提供基因组资源。该项目的关键不仅在于生成参考基因组和种群遗传数据，还在于为保护管理人员提供一个在线工具包。该工具包是一个 "一站式商店"，从采集样本到生成和分析基因数据，再到易于解读的基因管理报告。目前已开发出一系列工作流程和管道，包括 TSI 生物多样性门户网站，该门户网站使用点击式网络接口，可轻松传输原始序列数据，并组装基因组、转录组和种群遗传学，以便做出管理决策。在此，我们将介绍当前工具包的工作原理，并提供案例研究，说明如何利用该工具包为受威胁物种的迁移和管理提供信息。

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Animal Conservation 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

7.50

自引率

5.90%

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审稿时长

12-24 weeks

期刊介绍： Animal Conservation provides a forum for rapid publication of novel, peer-reviewed research into the conservation of animal species and their habitats. The focus is on rigorous quantitative studies of an empirical or theoretical nature, which may relate to populations, species or communities and their conservation. We encourage the submission of single-species papers that have clear broader implications for conservation of other species or systems. A central theme is to publish important new ideas of broad interest and with findings that advance the scientific basis of conservation. Subjects covered include population biology, epidemiology, evolutionary ecology, population genetics, biodiversity, biogeography, palaeobiology and conservation economics.