ArticleEcology and evolution2023
Is now the time? Review of genetic rescue as a conservation tool for brook trout.
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- The Genomics Revolution in Nonmodel Species: Predictions vs. Reality for Salmonids.Molecular ecology · 2025Review
- Does genetic rescue disrupt local adaptation? An experimental test using thermally adaptedProceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Range-wide climate risk and adaptive potential in a cold-water fish species.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A new genomic resource to enable standardized surveys of SNPs across the native range of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).Molecular ecology resources · 2025Article
- Chromosome-level genome assembly of a doubled haploid brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
- Sexual selection matters in genetic rescue, but productivity benefits fade over time: a multi-generation experiment to inform conservation.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- The Effects of Hybridization and Parasite Infection on the Survival and Behaviour of Endangered Landlocked Salmon Subject to Predation-Implications for Genetic Rescue.Evolutionary applications · 2024Article
- Is now the time? Review of genetic rescue as a conservation tool for brook trout.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
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Abstract
Brook trout populations have been declining throughout their native range in the east coast of the United States. Many populations are now distributed in small, isolated habitat patches where low genetic diversity and high rates of inbreeding reduce contemporary viability and long-term adaptive potential. Although human-assisted gene flow could theoretically improve conservation outcomes through genetic rescue, there is widespread hesitancy to use this tool to support brook trout conservation. Here, we review the major uncertainties that have limited genetic rescue from being considered as a viable conservation tool for isolated brook trout populations and compare the risks of genetic rescue with other management alternatives. Drawing on theoretical and empirical studies, we discuss methods for implementing genetic rescue in brook trout that could yield long-term evolutionary benefits while avoiding negative fitness effects associated with outbreeding depression and the spread of maladapted alleles. We also highlight the potential for future collaborative efforts to accelerate our understanding of genetic rescue as a viable tool for conservation. Ultimately, while we acknowledge that genetic rescue is not without risk, we emphasize the merits that this tool offers for protecting and propagating adaptive potential and improving species' resilience to rapid environmental change.
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