Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy

Evelyn L. Jensen; David Díez-del-Molino; M. Thomas P. Gilbert; Laura D. Bertola; Filipa Borges; Vlatka Cubric-Curik; Miguel de Navascués; Peter Frandsen; Myriam Heuertz; Christina Hvilsom; Belén Jiménez-Mena; Antti Miettinen; Markus Moest; Patrícia Pečnerová; Ian Barnes; Cristiano Vernesi

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010

Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy

Evelyn L. Jensen^*, David Díez-del-Molino, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Laura D. Bertola, Filipa Borges, Vlatka Cubric-Curik, Miguel de Navascués, Peter Frandsen, Myriam Heuertz, Christina Hvilsom, Belén Jiménez-Mena, Antti Miettinen, Markus Moest, Patrícia Pečnerová, Ian Barnes, Cristiano Vernesi

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Abstract

Although genetic diversity has been recognized as a key component of biodiversity since the first Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1993, it has rarely been included in conservation policies and regulations. Even less appreciated is the role that ancient and historical DNA (aDNA and hDNA, respectively) could play in unlocking the temporal dimension of genetic diversity, allowing key conservation issues to be resolved, including setting baselines for intraspecies genetic diversity, estimating changes in effective population size (N_e), and identifying the genealogical continuity of populations. Here, we discuss how genetic information from ancient and historical specimens can play a central role in preserving biodiversity and highlight specific conservation policies that could incorporate such data to help countries meet their CBD obligations.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Vol/bind	37
Udgave nummer	5
Sider (fra-til)	420-429
Antal sider	10
ISSN	0169-5347
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010
Status	Udgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
This work arose from the workshop ‘Cycling-backwards: the G-BIKE workshop on ancient and historical DNA’ organized by C.V. and M.T.P.G. We acknowledge funding COST Action G-BiKE, supported by COST ( European Cooperation in Science and Technology , www.cost.eu ). F.B. is supported by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) under grant no. 2020.05839.BD. We thank the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on a previous draft.

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Jensen, E. L., Díez-del-Molino, D., Gilbert, M. T. P., Bertola, L. D., Borges, F., Cubric-Curik, V., de Navascués, M., Frandsen, P., Heuertz, M., Hvilsom, C., Jiménez-Mena, B., Miettinen, A., Moest, M., Pečnerová, P., Barnes, I., & Vernesi, C. (2022). Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(5), 420-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010

Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy. / Jensen, Evelyn L.; Díez-del-Molino, David; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Bertola, Laura D.; Borges, Filipa; Cubric-Curik, Vlatka; de Navascués, Miguel; Frandsen, Peter; Heuertz, Myriam; Hvilsom, Christina; Jiménez-Mena, Belén; Miettinen, Antti; Moest, Markus; Pečnerová, Patrícia; Barnes, Ian; Vernesi, Cristiano.

I: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Bind 37, Nr. 5, 2022, s. 420-429.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › peer review

Jensen, EL, Díez-del-Molino, D, Gilbert, MTP , Bertola, LD, Borges, F, Cubric-Curik, V, de Navascués, M, Frandsen, P, Heuertz, M, Hvilsom, C, Jiménez-Mena, B, Miettinen, A, Moest, M, Pečnerová, P, Barnes, I & Vernesi, C 2022, 'Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, bind 37, nr. 5, s. 420-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.010

Jensen, Evelyn L. ; Díez-del-Molino, David ; Gilbert, M. Thomas P. ; Bertola, Laura D. ; Borges, Filipa ; Cubric-Curik, Vlatka ; de Navascués, Miguel ; Frandsen, Peter ; Heuertz, Myriam ; Hvilsom, Christina ; Jiménez-Mena, Belén ; Miettinen, Antti ; Moest, Markus ; Pečnerová, Patrícia ; Barnes, Ian ; Vernesi, Cristiano. / Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy. I: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2022 ; Bind 37, Nr. 5. s. 420-429.

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