Comments on: Inbreeding bad for invasives too http://conservationbytes.com/2010/02/18/inbreeding-bad-for-invasives/ Conservation research... with bite Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:40:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Inbreeding does matter « ConservationBytes.com http://conservationbytes.com/2010/02/18/inbreeding-bad-for-invasives/#comment-3503 Inbreeding does matter « ConservationBytes.com Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:33:27 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3476#comment-3503 [...] is an important aspect of extinctions in free-ranging species (see also previous posts here and here) by Mr. Conservation Genetics himself, Professor Richard [...] [...] is an important aspect of extinctions in free-ranging species (see also previous posts here and here) by Mr. Conservation Genetics himself, Professor Richard [...]

]]> By: CJAB http://conservationbytes.com/2010/02/18/inbreeding-bad-for-invasives/#comment-3367 CJAB Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:45:06 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3476#comment-3367 Thanks, Jeremy. I suspect that if <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0403809101" rel="nofollow">threatened species have lower genetic diversity on average than their non-threatened congenerics</a>, I suspect that a large sample of crop varieties would reveal the same trend - the widespread and persistent ones would have higher genetic diversity. Nice idea - might have to get a student to put just a database together to analyse this! Thanks, Jeremy. I suspect that if threatened species have lower genetic diversity on average than their non-threatened congenerics, I suspect that a large sample of crop varieties would reveal the same trend – the widespread and persistent ones would have higher genetic diversity. Nice idea – might have to get a student to put just a database together to analyse this!

]]> By: Jeremy http://conservationbytes.com/2010/02/18/inbreeding-bad-for-invasives/#comment-3366 Jeremy Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:38:57 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3476#comment-3366 Nice write-up. I pointed to it at our blog, where I said "I'd be willing to bet that if you could measure such a thing as invasiveness and persistence for crop varieties, where people, rather than nature, determine how many propagules survive and spread, the ones that are both widespread and long-lasting are also the ones with the most genetic diversity." Any thoughts on that? Nice write-up. I pointed to it at our blog, where I said “I’d be willing to bet that if you could measure such a thing as invasiveness and persistence for crop varieties, where people, rather than nature, determine how many propagules survive and spread, the ones that are both widespread and long-lasting are also the ones with the most genetic diversity.”

Any thoughts on that?

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