Bruford, MWDavies, NDulloo, MEFaith, DPWalters, Michele2018-03-192018-03-192018Bruford, M.W. et al. 2018. Monitoring changes in genetic diversity. The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks, pp. 107-128978-3-319-27288-7978-3-319-27286-3DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-27288-7_5http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319272863http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10123Chapter published in 'The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks'. This is an open access publication.DNA is the most elemental level of biodiversity, drives the process of speciation, and underpins other levels of biodiversity, including functional traits, species and ecosystems. Until recently biodiversity indicators have largely overlooked data from the molecular tools that are available for measuring variation at the DNA level. More direct analysis of trends in genetic diversity are now feasible and are ready to be incorporated into biodiversity monitoring. This chapter explores the current state-of-the-art in genetic monitoring, with an emphasis on new molecular tools and the richness of data they provide to supplement existing approaches. We also briefly consider proxy approaches that may be useful for many-species, global scale monitoring cases.enBiodiversityMolecular toolsGenetic diversityVariationMonitoringBook ChapterBruford, M., Davies, N., Dulloo, M., Faith, D., & Walters, M. (2018). Monitoring changes in genetic diversity., <i>Worklist;20422</i> Springer. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10123Bruford, MW, N Davies, ME Dulloo, DP Faith, and Michele Walters. "Monitoring changes in genetic diversity" In <i>WORKLIST;20422</i>, n.p.: Springer. 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10123.Bruford M, Davies N, Dulloo M, Faith D, Walters M. Monitoring changes in genetic diversity.. Worklist;20422. [place unknown]: Springer; 2018. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10123.TY - Book Chapter AU - Bruford, MW AU - Davies, N AU - Dulloo, ME AU - Faith, DP AU - Walters, Michele AB - DNA is the most elemental level of biodiversity, drives the process of speciation, and underpins other levels of biodiversity, including functional traits, species and ecosystems. Until recently biodiversity indicators have largely overlooked data from the molecular tools that are available for measuring variation at the DNA level. More direct analysis of trends in genetic diversity are now feasible and are ready to be incorporated into biodiversity monitoring. This chapter explores the current state-of-the-art in genetic monitoring, with an emphasis on new molecular tools and the richness of data they provide to supplement existing approaches. We also briefly consider proxy approaches that may be useful for many-species, global scale monitoring cases. DA - 2018 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Biodiversity KW - Molecular tools KW - Genetic diversity KW - Variation KW - Monitoring LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 SM - 978-3-319-27288-7 SM - 978-3-319-27286-3 T1 - Monitoring changes in genetic diversity TI - Monitoring changes in genetic diversity UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10123 ER -