Advancing technologies have facilitated the ever‐widening application of genetic markers
such as microsatellites into new systems and research questions in biology. In light of the …

Blood malignancies provide unique opportunities for longitudinal tracking of disease
evolution following therapeutic bottlenecks and for the monitoring of changes in anti-tumor …

Individuals can increase inclusive fitness benefits through a complex network of social
interactions directed towards kin. Preferential relationships with relatives lead to the …

Primary cardiomyopathies (CMPs) are monogenic but multi-allelic disorders with dozens of
genes involved in pathogenesis. The implementation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) …

Moreover, 6 and 25 genes encoding DNA methyltransferase and demethylation-related
factors, respectively, were identified in the peach genome (Table S12), but they all had …

The Ecuadorian páramo, a high altitude tundra-like ecosystem, is a unique source of various
ecosystem services and distinct biodiversity. Anthropogenic activities are associated with its …

Noninvasive sampling, of faeces and hair for example, has enabled many genetic studies of
wildlife populations. However, two prevailing problems common to these studies are small …

The Coneybury 'Anomaly'is an Early Neolithic pit located just south-east of Stonehenge,
Wiltshire. Excavations recovered a faunal assemblage unique in its composition, consisting …

The common octopus, Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797, is a largely exploited cephalopod
species in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as along the coasts of …

Dispersal patterns can have vital consequences for the transfer of genes in a population,
thus shaping its genetic make‐up and structure. Genetic relationships between individuals …