Novel genes continue to enhance population growth in adders (Vipera berus) Export

@article{citeulike:5455897, abstract = {In 1999, we published a report on how an introduction of 20 males into a severely inbred and isolated population of adders ( Vipera berus ) halted its decline towards extinction, induced a profound change in population genetic variability, resulted in a dramatic increase in offspring viability and thus in a rapid increase in numbers. Since the publication of our paper we have received numerous inquiries as to whether we have continued to monitor this population, as this is the case we herein present population demographic data gathered between 1981 and 2003. The population has continued to increase in numbers and in 2003, we collected 39 adult male adders, more than at any time over the 23-year study. Our continued work, hence, lends strong support to the importance of novel genes in enhancing the viability of inbred populations and supports the importance of preserving genetic variability in order to maintain viable wild populations.}, author = {Madsen, Thomas and Ujvari, Beata and Olsson, Mats}, citeulike-article-id = {5455897}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.01.022}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006-3207(04)00034-5}, doi = {10.1016/j.biocon.2004.01.022}, issn = {00063207}, journal = {Biological Conservation}, keywords = {diversity, genetic\_rescue, inbreeding, inpro}, month = {November}, number = {1}, pages = {145--147}, posted-at = {2009-08-18 03:44:55}, priority = {2}, title = {Novel genes continue to enhance population growth in adders (Vipera berus)}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.01.022}, volume = {120}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5455897 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5455897 N2 - In 1999, we published a report on how an introduction of 20 males into a severely inbred and isolated population of adders ( Vipera berus ) halted its decline towards extinction, induced a profound change in population genetic variability, resulted in a dramatic increase in offspring viability and thus in a rapid increase in numbers. Since the publication of our paper we have received numerous inquiries as to whether we have continued to monitor this population, as this is the case we herein present population demographic data gathered between 1981 and 2003. The population has continued to increase in numbers and in 2003, we collected 39 adult male adders, more than at any time over the 23-year study. Our continued work, hence, lends strong support to the importance of novel genes in enhancing the viability of inbred populations and supports the importance of preserving genetic variability in order to maintain viable wild populations. IS - 1 JF - Biological Conservation SN - 00063207 EP - 147 TI - Novel genes continue to enhance population growth in adders (Vipera berus) VL - 120 SP - 145 KW - diversity KW - genetic_rescue KW - inbreeding KW - inpro AU - Madsen, Thomas AU - Ujvari, Beata AU - Olsson, Mats PY - 2004/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.01.022 ER -