Of all the big cats, or perhaps of all the endangered wildlife, the tiger may be both the most charismatic and most well-recognized flagship species in the world. The rapidly changing field of molecular genetics, particularly advances in genome sequencing technologies, has provided new tools to reconstruct what characterizes a tiger. Here we review how applications of molecular genomic tools have been used to depict the tiger's ancestral roots, phylogenetic hierarchy, demographic history, morphological diversity, and genetic patterns of diversification on both temporal and geographical scales. Tiger conservation, stabilization, and management are important areas that benefit from use of these genome resources for developing survival strategies for this charismatic megafauna both in situ and ex situ.

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《世界老虎：基因组学和自然保护》。

在所有大型猫科动物中，或者在所有濒临灭绝的野生动物中，老虎可能是世界上最具魅力和最知名的旗舰物种。迅速发展的分子遗传学领域，尤其是基因组测序技术的进步，为重构老虎的特征提供了新的工具。在这里，我们回顾了如何利用分子基因组学工具来描述老虎的祖先根，系统发育层次，人口历史，形态多样性以及在时间和地理尺度上的多样性遗传模式。老虎的保护，稳定和管理是重要的领域，可以从这些基因组资源的使用中受益，以开发这种有魅力的大型动物的原位和异位生存策略。