Editing Conservation genetics (section)

{{short description|Interdisciplinary study of extinction avoidance}}
{{for-multi|molecular conservation in genetics|Conservation (genetics)|the scientific journal|Conservation Genetics (journal)}}
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'''Conservation genetics''' is an [[interdisciplinary]] subfield of [[population genetics]] that aims to understand the dynamics of [[gene]]s in a population for the purpose of [[natural resource management]], conservation of [[genetic diversity]], and the prevention of species [[extinction]]. Scientists involved in conservation genetics come from a variety of fields including [[population genetics]], research in [[natural resource management]], [[molecular ecology]], [[molecular biology]], [[evolutionary biology]], and [[systematics]]. The [[genetic diversity]] within species is one of the three fundamental components of [[biodiversity]] (along with [[species diversity]] and [[ecosystem diversity]]),<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Redford |first1=Kent H. |last2=Richter |first2=Brian D. |date=December 1999 |title=Conservation of Biodiversity in a World of Use |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97463.x |journal=Conservation Biology |language=en |volume=13 |issue=6 |pages=1246–1256 |doi=10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97463.x |bibcode=1999ConBi..13.1246R |s2cid=85935177 |issn=0888-8892|url-access=subscription }}</ref> so it is an important consideration in the wider field of [[conservation biology]].