Title

Genetic and Phylogenetic Analyses of Endangered Species

Authors

Stephen J. O'Brien, National Cancer Institute at FrederickFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1994

Publication Title

Annual Review of Genetics

Keywords

Population bottleneck, Reproduction, Homogeneous state of genes, Inbreeding, Sperm abnormalities

ISSN

0066-4197

Volume

28

First Page

467

Last Page

489

Abstract

Genetic and phylogenetic studies on endangered species are being conducted to stop the rapid decline of biological species due to industrial expansion and harmful human activities. Conservation groups and geneticists first promoted outbreeding as an approach to maximize the population of captive species. Developments in the field of conservation genetics have led to the expansion of genetic programs using molecular approaches to increase the knowledge on the molecular evolution of endangered species.

Comments

©1994 Annual Reviews, Inc.

NSUWorks Citation

O'Brien, Stephen J.. 1994. "Genetic and Phylogenetic Analyses of Endangered Species." Annual Review of Genetics 28, (): 467-489. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/717

ORCID ID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015