ABOUT THE PROJECT
APPROACH
According to One Plan strategy, recommended by the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group of IUCN, one approach to in situ and ex situ conservation of L. chrysopygus would be to integrate all available data into one unique platform. This would enable the better development of ecological and genetic studies of wild and captive animals.
GOALS
This project proposal aims to characterize the genome of the L. chrysopygus species, using next generation sequencing, and explore the genomic differences between wild and captive individuals. A usefull data set related to life history, behavior, karyotype and cytomolecular mapping will be integrate with this approach.
RESULTS
The resulting data may be useful to help with the implementation of a scientific basis that can establish a conservation-integrated program for the Black Lion Tamarin species. Genomic data can address some important questions about conservation issues and the biology and evolution of this species and other taxonomically related primates.