Species Conservation Using DNA

What is Species Conservation Using DNA?​

• Using genetics to reduce population and species extinction.

• It is the selective amplification of DNA using the polymerase chain reaction. 

Uses _______ _______ to resolve uncertainties in threatened species, to understand their biology and wildlife forensics. 

Conservation genetics uses a combination of...

(select all that apply)

• Ecology

• Molecular biology

• Population genetics

• Mathematical modelling

• Evolutionary taxonomy

Who wrote a paper that was crutial for the discovery of measuring genetic diversity?

• Hubby and Gratzer

• Lewontin and Hubby

• Hubby and Dolfus

• Gratzer and Lewontin

Forensic DNA analysis is used...

• to stop poachers

• to conserve habitats

• to sequence animal DNA

• to find medicines that illegally contain products from endangered species.​

Draw DNA

Do you think species conservation using DNA is useful for the future?

• Yes

• No