All around the planet the endangered species are precipitately disappearing as direct or indirect results of anthropization. In spite of it these species now require human assistance to improve their chances of survival and population recovery. Genetic resources play an important role as the amount of genetic diversity may influence the extinction risk, and hence they require an appropriate management. Conservation genetics encompasses genetic management of these threatened populations, resolution of taxonomic uncertainties and the use of molecular tools in order to study genetic patterns or processes that informs conservation efforts. Mitochondrial DNA partial sequencing, DNA fingeprinting by means of ISSR markers (Inter Simple Sequence Repeats), RFLP-PCR and genotyping of microsatellites and DNA barcoding were used to quantify the patterns and the amount of genetic diversity at both intra- and inter-specific level. The following articles (published, accepte, submitted or in prep.) illustrate the use of these molecular tools to investigate genetic structuring in the whole distribution range ofPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensisandPinna nobilis, three threatened species of molluscs (two gastropod and a bivalve respectively) endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Finally, we have also studied the variability of allochthonousRuditapes phillipinarumrecently introduced in Sardinia.

Analisi della variabilità genetica diPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensis(Mollusca: Gastropoda) ePinna Nobilis(Mollusca: Bivalvia): il contributo dei dati olecolari alla conservazione di specie minacciate = Analysis of the genetic variability ofPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensis(Mollusca: Gastropoda) andPinna nobilis(Mollusca: Bivalvia): contribution of molecular data in threatened species conservation studies / Dedola, Gian Luca. - (2012 Feb 22).

Analisi della variabilità genetica diPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensis(Mollusca: Gastropoda) ePinna Nobilis(Mollusca: Bivalvia): il contributo dei dati olecolari alla conservazione di specie minacciate = Analysis of the genetic variability ofPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensis(Mollusca: Gastropoda) andPinna nobilis(Mollusca: Bivalvia): contribution of molecular data in threatened species conservation studies

DEDOLA, Gian Luca
2012-02-22

Abstract

All around the planet the endangered species are precipitately disappearing as direct or indirect results of anthropization. In spite of it these species now require human assistance to improve their chances of survival and population recovery. Genetic resources play an important role as the amount of genetic diversity may influence the extinction risk, and hence they require an appropriate management. Conservation genetics encompasses genetic management of these threatened populations, resolution of taxonomic uncertainties and the use of molecular tools in order to study genetic patterns or processes that informs conservation efforts. Mitochondrial DNA partial sequencing, DNA fingeprinting by means of ISSR markers (Inter Simple Sequence Repeats), RFLP-PCR and genotyping of microsatellites and DNA barcoding were used to quantify the patterns and the amount of genetic diversity at both intra- and inter-specific level. The following articles (published, accepte, submitted or in prep.) illustrate the use of these molecular tools to investigate genetic structuring in the whole distribution range ofPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensisandPinna nobilis, three threatened species of molluscs (two gastropod and a bivalve respectively) endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Finally, we have also studied the variability of allochthonousRuditapes phillipinarumrecently introduced in Sardinia.
22-feb-2012
Patella ferruginea; Pinna nobilis; Patella ulyssiponensis; Ruditapes philippinarum; population genetics
Analisi della variabilità genetica diPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensis(Mollusca: Gastropoda) ePinna Nobilis(Mollusca: Bivalvia): il contributo dei dati olecolari alla conservazione di specie minacciate = Analysis of the genetic variability ofPatella ferruginea,Patella ulyssiponensis(Mollusca: Gastropoda) andPinna nobilis(Mollusca: Bivalvia): contribution of molecular data in threatened species conservation studies / Dedola, Gian Luca. - (2012 Feb 22).
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