Connectivity among populations determines the dynamics and evolution of populations, and
its assessment is essential in ecology in general and in conservation biology in particular …

Successful dispersal between populations leaves a genetic wake that can reveal historical
and contemporary patterns of connectivity. Genetic studies of differentiation in the sea …

The southern African marine realm is located at the transition zone between the Atlantic and
Indo-Pacific biomes. Its biodiversity is particularly rich and comprises faunal and floral …

Abstract Aim In the Indo‐Pacific, the mass of islands of the Indonesian archipelago constitute
a major biogeographical barrier (the Indo‐Pacific Barrier, IPB) separating the Pacific and …

Empirical phylogeographic studies have progressively sampled greater numbers of loci over
time, in part motivated by theoretical papers showing that estimates of key demographic …

Unique DNA sequences are present in all species and can be used as biomarkers for the
detection of cells from that species. These DNA sequences can most easily be detected …

Tests of the genetic structure of empirical populations typically focus on the correlative
relationships between population connectivity and geographic and/or environmental factors …

To determine how historical processes, namely speciation, extinction, and dispersal, have
contributed to regional species diversity patterns across the marine tropics, we examined the …

Six variable sequence markers are developed and analyzed to find out species boundaries
in Hawaiian corals of the genus Pocillopora: the putative mitochondrial control region; a …

The use of molecular genetic markers (MGMs) has become widespread among evolutionary
biologists, and the methods of analysis of genetic data improve rapidly, yet an organized …