{"id":242297,"date":"2023-05-13T19:59:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T14:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=242297"},"modified":"2023-05-15T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T09:54:04","slug":"home-to-70-of-the-worlds-tigers-india-has-a-huge-part-of-the-species-total-genetic-variation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/home-to-70-of-the-worlds-tigers-india-has-a-huge-part-of-the-species-total-genetic-variation\/","title":{"rendered":"Home to 70% of the world\u2019s tigers, India has a huge part of the species\u2019 total genetic variation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cHome to 70% of the world\u2019s tigers, India has a huge part of the species\u2019 total genetic variation<\/strong>\u201d published in The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a013th<\/sup> May 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Environment, Science & Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>benefits of molecular genome research in conserving endangered species<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Every organism on earth has genetic material which is passed on from generation to generation. The article explains how molecular genome research can help in conserving endangered species.<\/p>\n

How does molecular genome research help with conserving species?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Endangered species live in specific habitats. These habitats are often taken up by the people and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

This fragmentation of habitat causes endangered species to undergo population crash, thereby decreasing in the population and leading them into isolation.<\/p>\n

Hence, genome research can provide information about the loss in genetic variation and the impacts of loss of habitat on genetic variation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Further, genetic variation is extremely important to study the small populations of endangered species. <\/strong>This is because small populations can undergo chance events where certain genetic variants increase or decrease.<\/p>\n

For instance,<\/strong> a study conducted on the population of tigers in Odisha found how by chance, in a very small population, the frequency of a black mutation and the corresponding phenotype has grown more common.<\/p>\n

Another problem with the small population of endangered species is that <\/strong>inbreeding amongst them causes disadvantageous mutations or inbreeding depression which further lower survival rates.<\/p>\n

Studying these can help conservation strategies of endangered species.<\/p>\n

What are some of the findings on tiger genomes in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India is home to 70% of the world\u2019s tigers.<\/strong> Hence, a large proportion of the total genetic variation of the species is found in India.<\/p>\n

Studies have found isolated populations of tigers in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve have chances of inbreeding twice compared to other regions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is because tiger habitat around highways and densely populated areas are harmful to the species connectivity.<\/p>\n

Moreover, there are efforts going on to<\/strong> figure out tigers’ predatory nature which often leads to animal-human conflicts and historical samples are being used to study the lost genetic variation. These studies would help in tiger conservation.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cHome to 70% of the world\u2019s tigers, India has a huge part of the species\u2019 total genetic variation\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a013th May 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Environment, Science & Technology Relevance: benefits of molecular genome research in conserving endangered species News: Every organism… Continue reading Home to 70% of the world\u2019s tigers, India has a huge part of the species\u2019 total genetic variation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,11402,10496],"class_list":["post-242297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-tiger-conservation","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704642540},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}