Mother's curse on conservation University of Antwerp Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
For captive breeding to be an effective conservation tool, population fitness needs to be guaranteed according to the latest insights. Preserving genetic diversity has been a major pillar in conservation breeding, as it is a proxy for long-term population viability. Small differences on the DNA level can impact an individual's overall fitness and when situated on the mitochondrial genome might more specifically affect the process of aging and ...