Conservation genetics and genomics of amphibians and reptiles

• Published in: Annual review of animal biosciences Vol. 3; p. 113
• Main Authors: Shaffer, H Bradley, Gidiş, Müge, McCartney-Melstad, Evan, Neal, Kevin M, Oyamaguchi, Hilton M, Tellez, Marisa, Toffelmier, Erin M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Amphibians - genetics; Animals; Conservation of Natural Resources; Endangered Species; Genomics - methods; Reptiles - genetics; Transcriptome; endangered species; landscape genetics; captive breeding; hybridization; management units; phylogenetic prioritization

Amphibians and reptiles as a group are often secretive, reach their greatest diversity often in remote tropical regions, and contain some of the most endangered groups of organisms on earth. Particularly in the past decade, genetics and genomics have been instrumental in the conservation biology of...