From mountaintops to metacollections: using genomics to evaluate ex situ conservation collections. A case study from tropical montane cloud forest plants in Australia
Manuela Cascini, Lalita Simpson, Stuart Worboys, Warren Worboys, Lydia K. Guja, Zoe Knapp, Peter Bredell, Julie Percival, Maurizio Rossetto, Darren M. Crayn
The paper evaluates an ex situ metacollection of tropical montane cloud forest plants in Australia using genetic data to assess its representation of wild diversity and identify conservation improvements.
bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2026 · PreprintGenomics