Abstract
The boom of massive parallel sequencing (MPS) technology and its applications in conservation of natural and managed populations brings new opportunities and challenges to meet the scientific questions that can be addressed. Genomic conservation offers a wide range of approaches and analytical techniques, with their respective strengths and weaknesses that rely on several implicit assumptions. However, finding the most suitable approaches and analysis regarding our scientific question are often difficult and time-consuming. To address this gap, a recent workshop entitled ‘ConGen 2015’ was held at Montana University in order to bring together the knowledge accumulated in this field and to provide training in conceptual and practical aspects of data analysis applied to the field of conservation and evolutionary genomics. Here, we summarize the expertise yield by each instructor that has led us to consider the importance of keeping in mind the scientific question from sampling to management practices along with the selection of appropriate genomics tools and bioinformatics challenges.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2967-2977 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Molecular Ecology |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2016 |
Funding
LB and ALF received travel grants from RAQ (Réseau Aquaculture du Quebec) to attend the workshop and helpful supported by Louis Bernatchez and the Canadian Research Chair in Genomics and Conservation of Aquatic Resources. We are grateful to Robin Waples and Jonathan Pritchard for helpful comments regarding the manuscript as well as four Anonymous reviewers for their useful comments. We thank the Con-Gen instructors: Mike Miller, Fred Allendorf, Jim and Lisa Seeb, Tiago Antao, Jeff Good, Brian Hand, Tabitha Graves, Ryan Kovach, Brice Sarver. GL and ConGen were supported in part by grants from the US National Science Foundation (DEB-1258203), NASA (NNX14AB84G), and time and advice from Michelle Quinn at the University of Montana Montana’s School of Extended & Lifelong Learning. LB and ALF received travel grants from RAQ (Reseau Aquaculture du Quebec) to attend the workshop and helpful supported by Louis Bernatchez and the Canadian Research Chair in Genomics and Conservation of Aquatic Resources. We are grateful to Robin Waples and Jonathan Pritchard for helpful comments regarding the manuscript as well as four Anonymous reviewers for their useful comments. We thank the Con-Gen instructors: Mike Miller, Fred Allendorf, Jim and Lisa Seeb, Tiago Antao, Jeff Good, Brian Hand, Tabitha Graves, Ryan Kovach, Brice Sarver. GL and ConGen were supported in part by grants from the US National Science Foundation (DEB-1258203), NASA (NNX14AB84G), and time and advice from Michelle Quinn at the University of Montana Montana?s School of Extended & Lifelong Learning.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| DEB-1258203 | |
| 1537959 | |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NNX14AB84G |
Keywords
- Conservation genomics
- Effective population size
- Genetic population structure
- Local adaptation
- Massively parallel sequencing
- SNPs discovery and filtering