Conservation genetics applies genetic evidence to maintaining biodiversity and viable biological populations. Measures of diversity, inbreeding and gene flow can identify isolation or help evaluate a proposed genetic rescue. Low diversity alone does not identify every ecological threat; demographic and habitat information remain necessary. In the Florida panther case, genetic and survival measurements together were used to assess restoration rather than treating introduced ancestry alone as proof of success. [ref]
Genetic Restoration of the Florida Panther by Warren E. Johnson and others. Johnson and others, 2010, demographic and genetic restoration results
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