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| Ruiz-Garc¡a, M. | |
| Review of the contributions of the molecular data to the mammalian conservation with special emphasis in the geopraphical assignment of exemplars from the illegal traffic and hunting in Colombia and Latin America | |
| 2018 Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural (112): 73-122 | |
In the current review, I analyze the contribution of the population genetics, with the use of molecular markers, to the mammalian conservation biology. Nine specific points are commented (species identification, specific individual identification, kinship determination, sex identity, multiple origin population identification, hybrid detection, translocation viability, genetic diversity increase in extinct species in captivity, and geographical assignment of individuals, or tissues, sized from illegal traffic and hunting). This last point was extensively treated. For this reason, I show in detail the ability of geographical assignment that it has been generated in the Laboratory of Molecular Population Genetics-Evolutionary Biology at the Pontificia Javeriana University in Bogota (Colombia) to apply different types of molecular markers to around 10,000 specimens of a large fraction of wild mammal species, which are sized in that country. A new genetic data bank is presented here (Gene-and-Freedom), which shows of what species, for which genes, how many individuals have been analyzed, and which countries come from samples, which can allow the correct geographical assignment of mammal individuals illegally trafficked and hunting in Colombia as well as in other Latin American countries. Likewise, it was described the groups and species of mammals that still lacks the capacity of geographical assignment, but we are working to have it in the near future. Furthermore, it is discussed different studies in other Latin American countries which could complement the capacity of geographical assignment of mammal fauna globally seized in all Latin America |
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