Defining Minimum Founder Population Sizes to Improve Genetic Diversity Retention in Captive-Bred Stocks of Otago Skink, Oligosoma otagense

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Defining Minimum Founder Population Sizes to Improve Genetic Diversity Retention in Captive-Bred Stocks of Otago Skink, Oligosoma otagense

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Captive breeding programmes are becoming an increasingly used management method for conserving species where extinction is otherwise likely due to significant in situ threats and marginal translocation possibilities. Retaining high levels of representative genetic diversity in captive populations may help improve the success of captive-bred individuals upon release to the wild. However, this requires careful planning prior to population establishment to successfully mitigate some of the signi...

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Masters

Date created

2019

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Haultain, Samantha

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/9578

Related subjects

Inbreeding / PVA / Genetic / Management / Founder / population / Otago / skink / Oligosoma / otagense / New / Zealand / Captive / breeding

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