Abstract
Millette et al. (Ecology Letters, 2020, 23:55–67) reported no consistent worldwide anthropogenic effects on animal genetic diversity using repurposed mitochondrial DNA sequences. We reexamine data from this study, describe genetic marker and scale limitations which might lead to misinterpretations with conservation implications, and provide advice to improve future macrogenetic studies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1282-1284 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Ecology Letters |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2021 |
Funding
We acknowledge the support of the GEO BON Genetic Composition Working Group in the development of this manuscript. We also thank Arne Mooers and the reviewers for their comments. I.P-V works in a laboratory supported by the ‘Laboratoire d’Excellence’ (LABEX) entitled TULIP (ANR-10-LABX-41).
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| ANR-10-LABX-41 |
Keywords
- COI
- Genbank
- anthropogenic impacts
- conservation
- genetic data archiving
- genetic diversity patterns
- macroecology
- macrogenetics
- mitochondrial sequences
- population genetics