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ArticleBioscience2021

Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible.

Sean Hoban, Michael W Bruford, W Chris Funk, Peter Galbusera, M Patrick Griffith, Catherine E Grueber, Myriam Heuertz, Margaret E Hunter, Christina Hvilsom, Belma Kalamujic Stroil and 18 more

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Article in Bioscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Sean HobanThe Morton Arboretum, Center for Tree Science, Lisle, Illinois, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0348-8449
Michael W BrufordCardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6357-6080
W Chris FunkDepartment of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States.
Peter GalbuseraRoyal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Centre for Research and Conservation, Antwerp, Belgium.
M Patrick GriffithMontgomery Botanical Center, Coral Gables, Florida, United States.
Catherine E GrueberUniversity of Sydney's School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8179-1822
Myriam HeuertzINRAE, and the University of Bordeaux, Biogeco, Cestas, France.
Margaret E HunterUS Geological Survey's Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States.
Christina HvilsomCopenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Belma Kalamujic StroilUniversity of Sarajevo Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Laboratory for Molecular Genetics of Natural Resources, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Francine KershawNatural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York, United States.
Colin K KhouryInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia.
Linda LaikreDepartment of Zoology, Division of Population Genetics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Margarida Lopes-FernandesInstituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Lisbon, Portugal.
Anna J MacDonaldAustralian National University, John Curtin School of Medical Research and Research School of Biology, Canberra, Australia.
Joachim MergeayResearch Institute for Nature and Forest, Geraardsbergen, Belgium.
Mariah MeekMichigan State University Department of Integrative Biology, AgBio Research, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, East Lansing, Michigan, United States.
Cinnamon MittanCornell University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, New York, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-5588
Tarek A MukassabiUniversity of Benghazi Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Benghazi, Libya.
David O'BrienNatureScot, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Rob OgdenRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and with the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Clarisse Palma-SilvaUniversidade de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
Uma RamakrishnanDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5370-5966
Gernot SegelbacherChair of wildlife ecology and management, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Robyn E ShawDepartment of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
Per Sjögren-GulveWildlife Analysis Unit, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nevena VeličkovićUniversity of Novi Sad's Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Cristiano VernesiForest Ecology and Biogeochemical Fluxes Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all' Adige, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global conservation policy and action have largely neglected protecting and monitoring genetic diversity-one of the three main pillars of biodiversity. Genetic diversity (diversity within species) underlies species' adaptation and survival, ecosystem resilience, and societal innovation. The low priority given to genetic diversity has largely been due to knowledge gaps in key areas, including the importance of genetic diversity and the trends in genetic diversity change; the perceived high expense and low availability and the scattered nature of genetic data; and complicated concepts and information that are inaccessible to policymakers. However, numerous recent advances in knowledge, technology, databases, practice, and capacity have now set the stage for better integration of genetic diversity in policy instruments and conservation efforts. We review these developments and explore how they can support improved consideration of genetic diversity in global conservation policy commitments and enable countries to monitor, report on, and take action to maintain or restore genetic diversity.

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adaptationgenetic diversityindicatorsmonitoringpolicy

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PMID34475806
PMCPMC8407967

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