Over the last three decades, mitochondrial DNA has been the most popular marker of
molecular diversity, for a combination of technical ease‐of‐use considerations, and …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used to study molecular ecology and
phylogeography for 25 years. Much important information has been gained in this way, but it …

The human mitochondrial genome is extremely small compared with the nuclear genome,
and mitochondrial genetics presents unique clinical and experimental challenges. Despite …

Conservation biologists assign population distinctiveness by classifying populations as
evolutionarily significant units (ESUs). Historically, this classification has included ecological …

Recombination is a powerful evolutionary force that merges historically distinct genotypes.
But the extent of recombination within many organisms is unknown, and even determining …

In this review, we describe recent empirical and theoretical work on the extent of linkage
disequilibrium (LD) in the human genome, comparing the predictions of simple population …

The analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been a potent tool in our understanding of
human evolution, owing to characteristics such as high copy number, apparent lack of …

▪ Abstract The inheritance of mitochondrial and chloroplast genes differs from that of nuclear
genes in showing vegetative segregation, uniparental inheritance, intracellular selection …

Variation in DNA content has been largely ignored as a factor in evolution, particularly
following the advent of sequence-based approaches to genomic analysis. The significant …

Statistical tests for detecting mosaic structure or recombination among nucleotide
sequences usually rely on identifying a pattern or a signal that would be unlikely to appear …