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An experimental evaluation with Drosophila melanogaster of a novel dynamic system for the management of subdivided populations in conservation programs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20823908     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A dynamic method (DM) recently proposed for the management of captive subdivided populations was evaluated using the pilot species Drosophila melanogaster. By accounting for the particular genetic population structure, the DM determines the optimal mating pairs, their contributions to progeny and the migration pattern that minimize the overall co-ancestry in the population with a control of inbreeding levels. After a pre-management period such that one of the four subpopulations had higher inbreeding and differentiation than the others, three management methods were compared for 10 generations over three replicates: (1) isolated subpopulations (IS), (2) one-migrant-per-generation rule (OMPG), (3) DM aimed to produce the same or lower inbreeding coefficient than OMPG. The DM produced the lowest co-ancestry and equal or lower inbreeding than the OMPG method throughout the experiment. The initially lower fitness and lower variation for nine microsatellite loci of the highly inbred subpopulation were restored more quickly with the DM than with the OMPG method. We provide, therefore, an empirical illustration of the usefulness of the DM as a conservation protocol for captive subdivided populations when pedigree information is available (or can be deduced) and manipulation of breeding pairs is possible.
Authors:
V Avila; J Fernández; H Quesada; A Caballero
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-09-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Heredity     Volume:  106     ISSN:  1365-2540     ISO Abbreviation:  Heredity (Edinb)     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-20     Completed Date:  2011-08-09     Revised Date:  2012-05-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0373007     Medline TA:  Heredity (Edinb)     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  765-74     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica, Genética e Inmunología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain. vavila@uvigo.es
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Breeding / methods*
Conservation of Natural Resources / methods*
Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
Genetic Variation*
Genetics, Population*
Inbreeding
Microsatellite Repeats / genetics
Population Dynamics

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