Review of Conservation Genetics and Its Application on Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment
According to the Chinese Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Planning (2010-2030), the continuous loss of genetic resources becomes one of three thorny issues threatening biodiversity conservation in China, which highlights the significance of genetic diversity monitoring plan in the future. After both Standard for the Assessment of Regional Biodiversity (HJ623-2011) and Regulation for the Collection of Genetic Resources (HJ628-2011) come into force, identification and collection of genetic resources becomes essential in biodiversity assessment projects. This review summarizes the front application of both cytological marker and DNA molecular marker techniques to distinguish plant varieties, and consequently the feasibility of large-scale application of DNA marker technique on future biodiversity monitoring and assessment projects is discussed.