We provide a review and synthesis of key findings in phylogeographic research on terrestrial
animals in the Aegean archipelago (Greece) and surrounding regions (Greek mainland …

Emerging infectious diseases are reducing biodiversity on a global scale. Recently, the
emergence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans resulted in rapid …

Salamanders regenerate appendages via a progenitor pool called the blastema. The
cellular mechanisms underlying regeneration of muscle have been much debated but have …

An old question about regeneration is whether it is an ancestral character which is a general
property of living matter, or whether it represents a set of specific adaptations to the different …

Several studies have observed that taxa below the level of species can vary in the degree to
which they differ from one another in the environmental space they occupy. These patterns …

Phylogenetic relationships of members of the salamander family Salamandridae were
examined using complete mitochondrial genomes collected from 42 species representing all …

Although a mitochondrial DNA barcode has been shown to be of great utility for species
identification and discovery in an increasing number of diverse taxa, caution has been urged …

Taxonomy is a scientific discipline in permanent evolution, and will remain so for a long time
still. This is mostly due to the importance of the taxonomic impediment (Anonymous, 1994) …

In this paper, we performed phylogenetic analyses of Mesotriton alpestris populations from
the entire range of species distribution, using fragments of two mtDNA genes, cytochrome b …

Knowledge on the spatial distribution of taxa is crucial for the decision-making processes in
conservation and management of biodiversity that rely on precise distribution data. We …