"A lecture to commemorate Nature's first editor, and threats against a precious genetic resource that exists in indigenous livestock, in our weekly dip into Nature 's archive."
"50 years ago doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03736-8"
"This article features text from Nature's archive. By its historical nature, the archive includes some images, articles and language that by twenty-first-century standards are offensive and harmful. Find out more."
A lecture commemorates Nature's first editor, recognizing historical contributions to scientific publishing and editorial practice. Separate coverage warns that precious genetic resources in indigenous livestock face multiple threats. Loss of traditional breeds risks erosion of adaptive traits, local resilience, and biodiversity crucial for future food security. Drivers of genetic loss include crossbreeding, agricultural modernization, habitat change, and declining traditional management. Conservation responses include in situ management, targeted breeding programs, and ex situ genetic repositories to preserve allelic diversity. Archival materials contain historically outdated or offensive content and require contextual handling and informed access.
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