Sampling Strategy Planner

Purpose

System planning geographic and ecological sampling to maximize captured genetic diversity

Context

Child of L2-GEN-DIV

Principles

• ▸Geographic stratification ensures samples capture population structure across species range
• ▸Ecological diversity sampling captures adaptive variation across different habitats
• ▸Rare allele sampling specifically targets genetically distinct populations
• ▸Cost-benefit optimization maximizes diversity captured per sample collected

Typical implementations

• ▸IUCN Species Specialist Group sampling protocols
• ▸Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) genetic resource access frameworks
• ▸Global Genome Biodiversity Network sampling standards

Lunar considerations

• ▸Sampling completed on Earth pre-launch - planner documents strategy for future reference
• ▸Documents which populations are represented and which are gaps
• ▸Future expeditions could target identified gaps if return to Earth becomes possible

Specifications

Interfaces

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