TY - JOUR
T1 - How genomics can help biodiversity conservation
AU - European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium
AU - Theissinger, Kathrin
AU - Fernandes, Carlos
AU - Formenti, Giulio
AU - Bista, Iliana
AU - Berg, Paul R.
AU - Bleidorn, Christoph
AU - Bombarely, Aureliano
AU - Crottini, Angelica
AU - Gallo, Guido R.
AU - Godoy, José A.
AU - Jentoft, Sissel
AU - Malukiewicz, Joanna
AU - Mouton, Alice
AU - Oomen, Rebekah A.
AU - Paez, Sadye
AU - Palsbøll, Per J.
AU - Pampoulie, Christophe
AU - Ruiz-López, María J.
AU - Secomandi, Simona
AU - Svardal, Hannes
AU - Theofanopoulou, Constantina
AU - de Vries, Jan
AU - Waldvogel, Ann Marie
AU - Zhang, Guojie
AU - Jarvis, Erich D.
AU - Bálint, Miklós
AU - Ciofi, Claudio
AU - Waterhouse, Robert M.
AU - Mazzoni, Camila J.
AU - Höglund, Jacob
AU - Dennis, Alice
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Cecilia Helmerson, Antonio Rivas, Nelson Lauzon, and Sally Leys, for the pictures of the Atlantic cod, the Iberian lynx, the European beech, and the freshwater sponge, respectively. We also thank Fabien Condamine, Love Dalén, Richard Durbin, Bruno Fosso, Roderic Guigó, Marc Hanikenne, Alberto Pallavicini, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Xavier Turon, and Detlef Weigel for their contributions to the manuscript, as well as the whole ERGA community for making this possible. No interests are declared.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment, conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed management decisions. Here we survey the main approaches and applications in biodiversity and conservation genomics, considering practical factors, such as cost, time, prerequisite skills, and current shortcomings of applications. Most approaches perform best in combination with reference genomes from the target species or closely related species. We review case studies to illustrate how reference genomes can facilitate biodiversity research and conservation across the tree of life. We conclude that the time is ripe to view reference genomes as fundamental resources and to integrate their use as a best practice in conservation genomics.
AB - The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment, conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed management decisions. Here we survey the main approaches and applications in biodiversity and conservation genomics, considering practical factors, such as cost, time, prerequisite skills, and current shortcomings of applications. Most approaches perform best in combination with reference genomes from the target species or closely related species. We review case studies to illustrate how reference genomes can facilitate biodiversity research and conservation across the tree of life. We conclude that the time is ripe to view reference genomes as fundamental resources and to integrate their use as a best practice in conservation genomics.
KW - Anthropocene
KW - biodiversity genomics
KW - conservation applications
KW - European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA)
KW - genomic toolbox
KW - reference genomes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85148377777
SN - 0168-9525
VL - 39
SP - 545
EP - 559
JO - Trends in Genetics
JF - Trends in Genetics
IS - 7
ER -
