Adaptation and Fitness in Animal Populations: Evolutionary and Breeding Perspectives on Genetic Resource Management

Abstract

At the 16th AAABG conference in 2005, a proposal was launched to organise a symposium to examine advances in understanding of "adaptive fitness, both in managed populations being conserved and domestic animal species being utilised for food and agriculture production". After discussion about the term "adaptive fitness" some of us decided we should organise a symposium "Adaptation and Fitness in Animal Populations - Evolutionary and breeding perspectives on genetic resource management" to be held at the 2007 AAABG meeting in Armidale.