Evolution at the molecular level is manifested in a variety of types of change in DNA
sequences, including changes in the structure and organisation of chromosomes. However …

Recent years have seen a rapid expansion in the scope of quantitative genetic analyses
undertaken in wild populations. We illustrate here the potential for such studies to address …

Detailed linkage and recombination rate maps are necessary to use the full potential of
genome sequencing and population genomic analyses. We used a custom collared …

Identification of genes involved in reproductive isolation opens novel ways to investigate
links between stages of the speciation process. Are the genes coding for ecological …

Conservation genetics focuses on understanding the role and requirement of genetic
variation for population persistence. However, considerable debate now surrounds the role …

Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism via which populations can respond to
changing environmental conditions, but we know very little about how natural populations …

Sex determination, due to the obvious association with reproduction and Darwinian fitness,
has been traditionally assumed to be a relatively conserved trait. However, research on …

Lactation, an important characteristic of mammalian reproduction, has evolved by exploiting
a diversity of strategies across mammals. Comparative genomics and transcriptomics …

One of the biggest challenges facing evolutionary biologists is to identify and understand
loci that explain fitness variation in natural populations. This review describes how genetic …

Although there is growing interest to take genomics into the complex realms of natural
populations, there is a general shortage of genomic resources and tools available for wild …