Terms
Decline in survival and reproduction due to matings with close relatives
What is Inbreeding Depression?
Population mated with Texas Mountain lions to introduce new genetic diversity and successfully rebounded
What is the Florida Panther?
Method that can help with conservation efforts by providing information about species, their genetics, and their evolution
What is DNA Sequencing?
A Conservation strategy for Inbred or Low-diversity Populations
What is Bottlenecking?
Variety of genes in a species, population, or ecosystem.
What is the American Chestnut?
random change in the frequency of genes in a small population, which can lead to certain traits becoming more or less common by chance rather than by natural selection
What is Genetic Drift?
Intentionally mating individuals from genetically
distinct populations.
What is Genetic Rescue?
Rapid increase in the number of species with a common ancestor characterized by great ecological and morphological diversity
What is Adaptive Radiation?
Close relatives discovered on a neighboring island and subsequent breedings established to revitalize this reptilian species
What is the Pinta Tortoise?
Change in allele frequences because
environment favors some over others
What is Natural Selection?
Mating between different species or two genetically distinct populations that produce offspring, regardless of fertility of offspring
What is Hybridization?
Number of breeders contributing genes to future generations
What is Effective Population Size?
Small rodent population threatened by a decline in prairie dog populations. Captive breeding program focused on improving genetic diversity through selective breeding and introduction of frozen cells.
What is the Black Footed Ferret?
Studying the movement of genes between populations by analyzing genetic data from different locations
What is Gene Flow Analysis?
technique that uses radio signals to track the movement and behavior of animals
What is radiotelemetry?
Reduction in reproductive fitness of an offspring due to matings of dissimilar parents
What is Outbreeding Depression?
Genetic testing was utilized to identify diverse populations and preserve this fish population after fishing was heavily regulated in the Pacific Ocean due to Klamath river mass death.
What is the Pacific Salmon?
Analyzing SNPs to identify genetic markers for specific traits or population differentiation
What is SNP Genotyping?
Technique of breeding rare or endangered animals in captivity to reintroduce them into the wild that can lead to inbreeding and reduced genetic diversity
What is Captive Breeding?