This paper is an overview of the diverse, predominantly molecular techniques, used in
assessing plant genetic diversity. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in …

Although the application of population and evolutionary genetic theory and methods to
address issues of conservation relevance has a long history, the formalization of …

We have developed a new approach to create microsatellite primer sets that have high utility
across a wide range of species. The success of this method was demonstrated using birds …

By taking advantage of a recently developed reference marker set for avian genome
analysis we have constructed a gene-based genetic map of the collared flycatcher, an …

Background Microsatellites, a special class of repetitive DNA sequence, have become one
of the most popular genetic markers for population/conservation genetic studies. However …

The bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.), is one of the most abundant aphid pests
of cereals and has a global distribution. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a rapid and …

We identified microsatellite sequences of potential utility in the house sparrow (Passer
domesticus) and assigned their predicted genome locations. These sequences included …

Paphia textile is an important, aquaculture bivalve clam species distributed mainly in China,
Philippines, and Malaysia. Recent studies of P. textile have focused mainly on artificial …

Assessing how environmental change affects the probability of persistence of organisms
requires an understanding of dispersal through, and occupation of, landscapes, and the …

Background Similarly to the rest of the world, southern Africa's diverse chondrichthyan fauna
is currently experiencing high fishing pressures from direct and non-direct fisheries to satisfy …