Data from: Building strong relationships between conservation genetics and primary industry leads to mutually-beneficial genomic advances

Several reviews in the past decade have heralded the benefits of embracing high-throughput sequencing technologies to inform conservation policy and the management of threatened species, but few have offered practical advice on how to expedite the transition from conservation genetics to conservation genomics. Here, we argue that an effective and efficient way to navigate this transition is to capitalize on emerging synergies between conservation genetics and primary industry (e.g., agriculture, horticulture, forestry). We demonstrate how building strong relationships between conservation geneticists and primary industry scientists is leading to mutually-beneficial outcomes for both disciplines. Based on our collective experience as collaborative New Zealand-based scientists, we also provide insight for forging these cross-sector relationships.

近十年来，多项综述均充分肯定了采用高通量测序（high-throughput sequencing）技术为保护政策制定与受威胁物种管理提供决策支撑的积极意义，但鲜有研究就如何加速从保护遗传学（conservation genetics）向保护基因组学（conservation genomics）的转型提供切实可行的实操指导。本文提出，可借助保护遗传学与第一产业（如农业、园艺学、林业）间新兴的协同效应，高效推进这一转型。我们论证了，构建保护遗传学家与第一产业科研人员间的稳固合作纽带，能够为两个学科带来互利共赢的发展成效。基于作为新西兰协作科研人员的集体实践经验，我们还就如何搭建这类跨领域合作关系提供了针对性见解。