Publications by authors named "Matthew Lobdell"
Article Synopsis
- Effective biodiversity conservation needs informed strategies, focusing on the required number of plants to maintain genetic diversity.
- A study on 11 taxa revealed that current genetic diversity conservation ranges from 40% to 95%, with most taxa falling short of targets.
- The research indicates that ideal collection sizes can differ significantly even within the same genus and highlights the potential for existing collections to double genetic diversity through better sampling designs, addressing the 'genetic conservation gap.'
DNA barcoding has proved difficult in a number of woody plant genera, including the ecologically important oak genus . In this study, we utilized restrictionsite-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) to develop an economical single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) DNA barcoding system that suffices to distinguish eight common, sympatric eastern North American white oak species. Two de novo clustering pipelines, PyRAD and , were used in combination with postclustering bioinformatic tools to generate a list of 291 potential SNPs, 80 of which were included in a barcoding toolkit that is easily implemented using MassARRAY mass spectrometry technology.
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