On June 27, 2023, the Second Scientific Forum on Genetic Resources of Russia was held in St. Petersburg.
A separate session was devoted to the topic: "Zoological collections as a source of genetic resources of the world fauna", and it was held at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Institute's unique stock collection is the 4th in the world by scientific rating.
With the support of the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Genetic Technologies, the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is undergoing a large-scale modernization of the premises in which animal collections are stored. The reconstruction of equipment for storing collections is largely provided by the domestic company Saturn (Perm).
The conference program included both oral presentations and poster presentations. In addition, all participants were introduced to the new rooms for storing collections, which are much more spacious and more comfortable than the old, familiar to many ZIN cabinets and shelves.
In the program of the Forum, employees of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS presented different areas of research (RIS). Reports were made on the cytogenetic collections of the Laboratory of Microevolution (Orlov et al. 2023), the molecular genetic collections of the Cabinet of Molecular Diagnostic Methods (Golosova et al. 2023; Matrosova et al. 2023), as well as the collections of the Laboratory of Historical Ecology on bone samples of Steller’s cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) collected on the territory of the Commander Islands (Charcot et al. 2023). Participation in the Forum this year, like a year ago at the First Forum, which was scheduled to be made an annual event, is becoming a regular event for IEE RAS.
Golosova O.S., Kholodova M.V., Trepet S.A., Muradov A.S. Genetic identity of the Caucasian red deer Cervus elaphus maral according to the polymorphism of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and microsatellite nuclear DNA loci. S. 18.
Matrosova V.A., Simonov E.P., Golenishchev F.N., Ivanova A.D., Ermakov O.A. Mitochondrial genome
of the type specimen of the red-cheeked ground squirrel Spermophilus erythrogenys Brandt, P.39.
Orlov V.N., Lyapunova E.A., Baskevich M.I., Kartavtseva I.V., Malygin V.M., Bulatova N.Sh. The contribution of domestic cytogenetics to the development of a system of mammalian species. P.43.
Sharko F.S., Bulygina E.S., Slobodova N.S., Fomin S.V., Krylovich O.A., Savinetsky A.B., Mamaev E.G., Tikhonov A.N., Nedoluzhko A. IN. Genomics of the Steller's cow (Sirenia, Hydrodamalis gigas), population dynamics and causes of extinction. P.54.