Population Genetics in Wild and Captive Populations of Conservation Concern - Challenges and Opportunities

Learn about population genetics applications in conservation biology through this 34-minute conference talk from the Computational Genomics Summer Institute. Explore the challenges and opportunities in studying genetic diversity within both wild and captive populations of endangered species, with particular focus on conservation genomics approaches. Examine case studies including the Ethiopian wolf, a severely endangered canid facing long-term small population size and deleterious genetic variation, and captive tiger populations in the United States with complex admixture histories. Discover methodologies for analyzing genomic diversity, population structure, and the effects of demographic bottlenecks on endangered species. Gain insights into developing diagnostic SNP selection pipelines for non-model species and understand how genomic tools can inform conservation strategies for species of concern.