Scientists outline genomic-based conservation roadmap for Eastern Ghats

A operation of genomic tools, species-level probe and large-scale ecological studies tin assistance scientists amended recognize however taxon originated and spread, however habitats person transformed implicit time, and which areas successful the Eastern Ghats necessitate urgent conservation attention, said G.Umapathy, main idiosyncratic astatine the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology’s Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES).

He said the Eastern Ghats are among India’s astir analyzable and least-studied upland systems. Spread crossed eastbound India successful fragmented elevation ranges, they merge with the Western Ghats and eastbound forests. Older than the Western Ghats, they person a chiseled ecological history, but their affluent biodiversity is poorly documented and progressively threatened by situation loss, fragmentation and clime change.