To genetic rescue or not?

Trends Genet. 2024 Nov 27:S0168-9525(24)00268-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.11.004. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Inbreeding depression and genetic rescue are central themes in conservation biology. Translocation is a tool to assist genetic rescue but is connected to risks. A new study by Quinn et al. used genomic data to evaluate translocations as a potential action in montane red fox, bringing important implications also for other threatened species.

Keywords: inbreeding depression; outbreeding depression; potential load; realized load; red fox; translocation.