Recent improvements in genetic analysis and genotyping methods have resulted in a rapid
expansion of the power of molecular markers to address ecological questions …

Microsatellites have proved to be useful for the detection of weak population structure in
marine fishes and other species characterized by large populations and high gene flow …

The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas), a bivalve species originally native to the
Black and Caspian seas, has invaded Ireland in the last decade. Five microsatellite loci …

The mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, exhibits extensive latitudinal clinal variation in a
number of physiological and biochemical traits, coupled with phylogeographical patterns at …

Ecological and life history characteristics such as population size, dispersal pattern, and
mating system mediate the influence of genetic drift and gene flow on population …

A long-standing goal of evolutionary biology is to understand the factors that drive
population divergence, local adaptation and speciation. In particular, the effect of selection …

Previous genetic studies using neutral markers such as allozymes, mtDNA and minisatellite
loci have demonstrated varying amounts of population structure in cod Gadus morhua …

Although FST values are widely used to elucidate population relationships, in some cases,
when employing highly polymorphic loci, they should be regarded with caution, particularly …

Deep-sea corals are diverse and abundant in New Zealand's EEZ and the southwest Pacific
Ocean. We assessed genetic diversity and gene flow of the deep-sea scleractinian (stony …

We developed polymerase chain reaction primers for 12 dinucleotide microsatellite loci in
the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Seven markers were obtained after hybridization …