Conservation genetics of a threatened butterfly: comparison of allozymes, RAPDs and microsatellites

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Turlure, Camille | Vandewoestijne, Sofie | Baguette, Michel

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International audience. Addressing genetic issues in the management of fragmented wild populations of threatened species is one of the most important challenges in conservation biology. Nowadays, a diverse array of molecular methods exists to assess genetic diversity and differentiation of wild populations such as allozymes, dominant markers and co-dominant markers. However it remains worthwhile i) to compare the genetic estimates obtained using those several markers in order to ii) test their relative utility, reliability and relevance and iii) the impact of these results for the design of species-specific conservation measures.

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