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Ophrys insectifera is one of my favourite ☺️

...the potential of seedbank digital information - such as sampling locations, number of maternal plants, and seed traits, including digital images - for selecting priority species and populations for conservation efforts and further population genetic research 2/

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The widely recognized extinction debt problem in community ecology depends on delayed genetic responses (genetic extinction debts/time lags) in the populations of that community. Therefore, genetic extinction debts at the population level deserve more attention /5

*Why it matters:*
Recognizing genetic extinction debts is crucial for effective conservation, both when monitoring genetic diversity and when taking actions to restore genetic diversity in populations /4

*Challenges in interpretation:*
Confounding factors, such as sampling strategies and marker choice, can obscure these debts and lead to misinterpretation. We propose a framework to guide better analytical approaches and to improve the interpretation of genetic extinction debts /3

*What are genetic extinction debts/time lags?*
These are delayed genetic consequences after environmental disturbance. Life-history traits such as long lifespan and vegetative propagation can favour time lags /2

3/ An extinction debt also occurs when gene flow in a metapopulation drops below 1 MPG. This doesn't reflect a deviation from mutation-drift equilibrium, but from migration-drift equilibrium in the metapop. A drop in gene flow reduces the realized inbreeding Ne of the subpopulation.

2/ if allelic richness is smaller than expected from the observed He there is a pending extinction debt
The same principle applies to Tajima's D (haplotypes) or the Site Frequency Spectrum (SNPs).