Editing Genomics (section)

=== Population and conservation genomics ===
'''[[Population genomics]]''' has developed as a popular field of research, where genomic sequencing methods are used to conduct large-scale comparisons of DNA sequences among populations - beyond the limits of genetic markers such as short-range [[Polymerase chain reaction|PCR]] products or [[microsatellites]] traditionally used in [[population genetics]]. Population genomics studies [[genome]]-wide effects to improve our understanding of [[microevolution]] so that we may learn the [[phylogenetic]] history and [[demography]] of a population.<ref name = "Luikart_2003" /> Population genomic methods are used for many different fields including [[evolutionary biology]], [[ecology]], [[biogeography]], [[conservation biology]] and [[fisheries management]]. Similarly, '''[[landscape genomics]]''' has developed from [[landscape genetics]] to use genomic methods to identify relationships between patterns of environmental and genetic variation.

Conservationists can use the information gathered by genomic sequencing in order to better evaluate genetic factors key to species conservation, such as the [[genetic diversity]] of a population or whether an individual is heterozygous for a recessive inherited genetic disorder.<ref name = "Frankham_2010" /> By using genomic data to evaluate the effects of [[evolutionary process]]es and to detect patterns in variation throughout a given population, conservationists can formulate plans to aid a given species without as many variables left unknown as those unaddressed by standard [[Conservation genetics|genetic approaches]].<ref name = "Allendorf_2010" />