Use of molecular data in zoo and aquarium collection management: Benefits, challenges, and best practices

Interspecific hybridization causes long-term phylogenetic discordance between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in freshwater fishes

(2017) Graham P. Wallis et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Whole-genome analysis of mycobacteria from birds at the San Diego Zoo

(2017) Wayne Pfeiffer et al.   PLoS One

Conservation of genetic uniqueness of populations may increase extinction likelihood of endangered species: the case of Australian mammals

(2016) Andrew R. Weeks et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Applying SNP-Derived Molecular Coancestry Estimates to Captive Breeding Programs

(2016) Jamie A. Ivy et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

KOALA RETROVIRUS: A REVIEW

(2016) Matthew E. Kinney et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE

Hybridization and endangered species protection in the molecular era

(2016) Robert K. Wayne et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

RADcap: sequence capture of dual-digest RADseq libraries with identifiable duplicates and reduced missing data

(2016) Sandra L. Hoffberg et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

RAD-seq derived genome-wide nuclear markers resolve the phylogeny of tunas

(2016) Natalia Díaz-Arce et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Nuclear introns outperform mitochondrial DNA in inter-specific phylogenetic reconstruction: Lessons from horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae: Chiroptera)

(2016) Serena E. Dool et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

“Devil Tools & Tech”: A Synergy of Conservation Research and Management Practice

(2016) Carolyn J. Hogg et al.   Conservation Letters

Strategies for determining kinship in wild populations using genetic data

(2016) Veronika Städele et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Using an Inbred Horse Breed in a High Density Genome-Wide Scan for Genetic Risk Factors of Insect Bite Hypersensitivity (IBH)

(2016) Brandon D. Velie et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary Genomics and Conservation of the Endangered Przewalski’s Horse

(2015) Clio Der Sarkissian et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Using genome-wide measures of coancestry to maintain diversity and fitness in endangered and domestic pig populations

(2015) Mirte Bosse et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Rates of inbreeding and genetic adaptation for populations managed as herds in zoos with a rotational mating system or with optimized contribution of parents

(2015) S. Mucha et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS

Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

(2015) Aaron B.A. Shafer et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Genetic barcoding facilitates captive and wild management of three cryptic African crocodile species complexes

(2014) M. H. Shirley et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

MOLECULAR METHODS TO DETECT MYCOPLASMA SPP. AND TESTUDINID HERPESVIRUS 2 IN DESERT TORTOISES (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DISEASE MANAGEMENT

(2014) Josephine Braun et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES

Bears in a Forest of Gene Trees: Phylogenetic Inference Is Complicated by Incomplete Lineage Sorting and Gene Flow

(2014) Verena E. Kutschera et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Splitting or Lumping? A Conservation Dilemma Exemplified by the Critically Endangered Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama)

(2014) Helen Senn et al.   PLoS One

Genotyping-by-sequencing in ecological and conservation genomics

(2013) Shawn R. Narum et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

How to fail at species delimitation

(2013) Bryan C. Carstens et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

De Novo SNP Discovery in the Scandinavian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

(2013) Anita J. Norman et al.   PLoS One

Rigorous approaches to species delimitation have significant implications for African crocodilian systematics and conservation

(2013) M. H. Shirley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Using rattlesnake microsatellites to determine paternity in captive bushmasters (Lachesis muta)

(2013) Krystyn Pozarowski et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Implications of different species concepts for conserving biodiversity

(2012) Richard Frankham et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A Comparison of Strategies for Selecting Breeding Pairs to Maximize Genetic Diversity Retention in Managed Populations

(2012) Jamie A. Ivy et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Species inflation and taxonomic artefacts—A critical comment on recent trends in mammalian classification

(2012) Frank E. Zachos et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis reveals recent genetic introgression from domestic pigs into Northwest European wild boar populations

(2012) D. J. GOEDBLOED et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

An emergent science on the brink of irrelevance: a review of the past 8 years of DNA barcoding

(2012) H. R. TAYLOR et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Double Digest RADseq: An Inexpensive Method for De Novo SNP Discovery and Genotyping in Model and Non-Model Species

(2012) Brant K. Peterson et al.   PLoS One

Achieving True Sustainability of Zoo Populations

(2012) Robert C. Lacy   ZOO BIOLOGY

A High Density SNP Array for the Domestic Horse and Extant Perissodactyla: Utility for Association Mapping, Genetic Diversity, and Phylogeny Studies

(2012) Molly E. McCue et al.   PLoS Genetics

RADSeq: next-generation population genetics

(2011) J. W. Davey et al.   Briefings in Functional Genomics

A Massively Parallel Sequencing Approach Uncovers Ancient Origins and High Genetic Variability of Endangered Przewalski's Horses

(2011) Hiroki Goto et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Next-generation hybridization and introgression

(2011) A D Twyford et al.   HEREDITY

Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and applications of SNP genotyping in nonmodel organisms

(2011) J. E. SEEB et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The use of cross-species genome-wide arrays to discover SNP markers for conservation genetics: a case study from Arabian and scimitar-horned oryx

(2011) Rob Ogden et al.   Conservation Genetics Resources

Next Generation Molecular Ecology

(2010) DIETHARD TAUTZ et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomics and the future of conservation genetics

(2010) Fred W. Allendorf et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Methods and Prospects for Using Molecular Data in Captive Breeding Programs: An Empirical Example Using Parma Wallabies (Macropus parma)

(2009) Jamie A. Ivy et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

A quantitative review of heterozygosity-fitness correlations in animal populations

(2009) J. R. CHAPMAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genome Sequence, Comparative Analysis, and Population Genetics of the Domestic Horse

(2009) C. M. Wade et al.   SCIENCE

Horse Domestication and Conservation Genetics of Przewalski's Horse Inferred from Sex Chromosomal and Autosomal Sequences

(2008) Allison N. Lau et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): A geographic and phylogenetic perspective

(2008) Mitchell J. Eaton et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Next-generation DNA sequencing

(2008) Jay Shendure et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY