The genomic footprints of the fall and recovery of the crested ibis
Feng, Shaohong (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Fang, Qi (China National GeneBank)
Barnett, Ross (Københavns Universitet. Sektion for GeoGenetik)
Li, Cai (China National GeneBank)
Han, Sojung 1984-
(Institute of Evolutionary Biology)
Kuhlwilm, Martin (Institute of Evolutionary Biology)
Zhou, Long (China National GeneBank)
Pan, Hailin (China National GeneBank)
Deng, Yuan (China National GeneBank)
Chen, Guangji (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Gamauf, Anita (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien)
Woog, Friederike (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde)
Prys-Jones, Robert (The Natural History Museum)
Marques-Bonet, Tomas, 1975- (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
P. Gilbert, M. Thomas (Københavns Universitet. Sektion for GeoGenetik)
Zhang, Guojie (China National GeneBank)
Date: |
2019 |
Abstract: |
Human-induced environmental change and habitat fragmentation pose major threats to biodiversity and require active conservation efforts to mitigate their consequences. Genetic rescue through translocation and the introduction of variation into imperiled populations has been argued as a powerful means to preserve, or even increase, the genetic diversity and evolutionary potential of endangered species [1, 2, 3, 4]. However, factors such as outbreeding depression [5, 6] and a reduction in available genetic diversity render the success of such approaches uncertain. An improved evaluation of the consequence of genetic restoration requires knowledge of temporal changes to genetic diversity before and after the advent of management programs. To provide such information, a growing number of studies have included small numbers of genomic loci extracted from historic and even ancient specimens [7, 8]. We extend this approach to its natural conclusion, by characterizing the complete genomic sequences of modern and historic population samples of the crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), an endangered bird that is perhaps the most successful example of how conservation effort has brought a species back from the brink of extinction. Though its once tiny population has today recovered to >2,000 individuals [9], this process was accompanied by almost half of ancestral loss of genetic variation and high deleterious mutation load. We furthermore show how genetic drift coupled to inbreeding following the population bottleneck has largely purged the ancient polymorphisms from the current population. In conclusion, we demonstrate the unique promise of exploiting genomic information held within museum samples for conservation and ecological research. |
Grants: |
European Commission 681396 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BFU2017-86471-P
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Rights: |
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Language: |
Anglès |
Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Subject: |
Conservation genomics ;
Population genomics ;
Endangered species ;
Extinction ;
Demography ;
Inbreeding ;
Mutation load ;
Genetic recovery ;
Ancient genomics ;
Ornithology |
Published in: |
Current biology, Vol. 29, issue 2 (Jan. 2019) , p. 340-349, ISSN 0960-9822 |
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.008
PMID: 30639104
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