Genomics and mixed source populations in wildlife translocations

移位是帮助濒危物种摆脱困境的一项保护战略，在缓解气候变化方面正变得越来越重要。然而，易位往往会失败。理论表明，混合来自不同来源种群的个体将有利于物种的基因组多样性和潜在的成功率，然而这一点在动物身上未经测试。同样不清楚的是，基因组的哪些部分对于缓解气候变化是重要的。使用濒危蜥蜴模型，该项目旨在通过以下方式了解如何最好地开始新的种群：1)提供使用混合来源种群的陆地脊椎动物的第一个经验测试；2)揭示基因组中对考虑易位至关重要的区域。

Translocation is a conservation strategy to help the plight of endangered species, and is becoming increasing important to mitigate against climate change. However translocations often fail. Theory suggests mixing individuals from different source populations would benefit species' genomic diversity and potentially success rates, however this is untested in animals. Also unclear is what parts of the genome are important for mitigating against climate change. Using an endangered lizard model, this project aims to understand how to best start new populations by 1) providing the first empirical test in terrestrial vertebrates of using mixed source populations; and 2) uncovering regions of the genome important for considering in translocations.