TY - JOUR
T1 - Biodiversity assessment using markers for ecologically importants traits
AU - Van Tienderen, P.H.
AU - De Haan, A.A.
AU - Van der Linden, C.G.
AU - Vosman, B.
N1 - Reporting year: 2002
Metis note: 3112; CTE; PVP; file:///L:/Endnotedatabases/NIOOPUB/pdfs/Pdfs2002/VanTienderen_ea_3121.pdf
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Most studies of genetic variation within species to date are based on random markers. However, how well this correlates with quantitative variation is contentious. Yet, functional, or'ecotypic' variation in quantitative traits determines the ecological niche of a species, its future evolutionary potential, and, for livestock, crops and their wild relatives, their usefulness as a genetic resource for breeding. But nowadays we can also assess genetic diversity using markers directly targeted at specific genes or gene families. Such gene-targeted, multilocus profiles of markers can contribute to ex-situ management of genetic resources, ecological studies of diversity, and conservation of endangered species. Diversity within species is often assessed using neutral markers. But why would we be interested in variation irrelevant to the species? Shouldn't we target genes with important ecological functions instead? [KEYWORDS: Biodiversity; Endangered species; Conservation biology; Genetic profiling; Evolutionary significant units; neutral markers]
AB - Most studies of genetic variation within species to date are based on random markers. However, how well this correlates with quantitative variation is contentious. Yet, functional, or'ecotypic' variation in quantitative traits determines the ecological niche of a species, its future evolutionary potential, and, for livestock, crops and their wild relatives, their usefulness as a genetic resource for breeding. But nowadays we can also assess genetic diversity using markers directly targeted at specific genes or gene families. Such gene-targeted, multilocus profiles of markers can contribute to ex-situ management of genetic resources, ecological studies of diversity, and conservation of endangered species. Diversity within species is often assessed using neutral markers. But why would we be interested in variation irrelevant to the species? Shouldn't we target genes with important ecological functions instead? [KEYWORDS: Biodiversity; Endangered species; Conservation biology; Genetic profiling; Evolutionary significant units; neutral markers]
U2 - 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02624-1
DO - 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02624-1
M3 - Article
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 17
SP - 577
EP - 582
JO - Trends in Ecology & Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology & Evolution
IS - 12
ER -