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Hansson, Bengt, Morales, Hernán E. and Van Oosterhout, Cock 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-738X
(2021)
Comment on “Individual heterozygosity predicts translocation success in threatened desert tortoises”.
Science, 372 (6546).
ISSN 0036-8075
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Abstract
Scott et al. (Reports, 27 November 2020, p. 1086) bring much-needed attention to species conservation by demonstrating heterozygote superiority among translocated tortoises. However, we believe that their recommended heterozygosity decision rule risks taking conservation genomics backward. We argue that their advice could misguide conservation management aimed at establishing viable populations, and that it can be improved by also assessing the genetic load.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2021 00:08 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2022 02:33 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80272 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.abh1105 |
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