Over the past 50 years conservation genetics has developed a substantive toolbox to inform species management. One of the most long-standing tools available to manage genetics—the pedigree—has been widely used to characterize diversity and maximize evolutionary potential in threatened populations. Now, with the ability to use high throughput sequencing to estimate relatedness, inbreeding, and genome-wide functional diversity, some have asked whether it is warranted for conservation biologists to continue collecting and collating pedigrees for species management. In this perspective, we argue that pedigrees remain a relevant tool, and when combined with genomic data, create an invaluable resource for conservation genomic management. Genomic data can address pedigree pitfalls (e.g., founder relatedness, missing data, uncertainty), and in return robust pedigrees allow for more nuanced research design, including well-informed sampling strategies and quantitative analyses (e.g., heritability, linkage) to better inform genomic inquiry. We further contend that building and maintaining pedigrees provides an opportunity to strengthen trusted relationships among conservation researchers, practitioners, Indigenous Peoples, and Local Communities.

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谱系在保护基因组学时代的相关性

在过去的 50 年里，保护遗传学已经开发出一个实质性的工具箱来为物种管理提供信息。可用于管理遗传学的最长期工具之一 - 系谱 - 已被广泛用于表征多样性并最大限度地提高受威胁种群的进化潜力。现在，由于能够使用高通量测序来估计相关性、近亲繁殖和全基因组功能多样性，一些人质疑保护生物学家是否有必要继续收集和整理谱系以进行物种管理。从这个角度来看，我们认为谱系仍然是一个相关工具，并且当与基因组数据相结合时，为保护基因组管理创造了宝贵的资源。基因组数据可以解决谱系缺陷（例如，创始人相关性、缺失数据、不确定性），作为回报，稳健的谱系允许进行更细致入微的研究设计，包括知情的抽样策略和定量分析（例如，遗传性、连锁性），以更好地为基因组调查提供信息。我们进一步认为，建立和维护谱系为加强保护研究人员、从业人员、土著人民和当地社区之间的信任关系提供了机会。