Conservation via Population Genomics Approaches

Population genomics can be briefly described as the use of genome-wide sampling to identify and separate locus-specific effects from genome-wide effects [1].

Although there are different approaches for population genomics, they all share the following basic steps [1]:

 

When answering a conservation-related question using population genomics techniques, the following approaches are available:

Want to know more about these approaches? A thorough description will be available on our next post. Stay tuned!

References:

[1] Luikart, G. et al. (2003) The power and promise of population genomics: from genotyping to genome typing. Nat. Rev. Genet. 4, 981–994.