Public genomic databases have provided new directions for molecular marker development
and initiated a shift in the types of PCR-based techniques commonly used in plant science …

With the advent of molecular markers, a new generation of markers has been introduced
over the last two decades, which has revolutionized the entire scenario of biological …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

Genetic structuring of plant populations is strongly influenced by both common ancestry and
current patterns of interpopulation genetic exchange. The interaction of these two forces is …

This exciting new book describes the use of DNA fingerprinting and its application in a wide
area of plant and fungal research. It presents a thorough theoretical introduction to DNA …

Lessa (1992) introduced intron-targeted PCR, in which a noncoding intron was amplified
using primers designed from highly conserved exon sequences. Introns appear to harbour a …

Genomics and bioinformatics have great potential to help address numerous topics in
ecology and evolution. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) can bridge genomics and …

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene
segments was used to examine the distributions of bacterial populations within a hot spring …

We describe a rapid and sensitive method for the detection of population‐specific genetic
markers in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the use of such markers to analyse population …

While DNA‐based markers can provide a wealth of information for the study of plant
evolutionary biology, progress is limited by the lack of primers available for PCR. To …