title: Characterization and conservation of genetic diversity in subdivided populations.
abstract: We review the available tools for analysing genetic diversity in conservation programmes of subdivided populations. Ways for establishing conservation priorities have been developed in the context of livestock populations, both from the classical population genetic analysis and from the more recent Weitzman's approach. We discuss different reasons to emphasize either within or between-population variation in conservation decisions and the methodology to establish some compromise. The comparison between neutral and quantitative variation is reviewed from both theoretical and empirical points of view, and the different procedures for the dynamic management of conserved subdivided populations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Mejora Genética, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Carretera de La Coruña km.7, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Toro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caballero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000235:genetics*; D001947:Breeding / Q000379:methods*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D007178:Inbreeding; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers