Though polyploidy is an important aspect of the evolutionary genetics of both plants and
animals, the development of population genetic theory of polyploids has seriously lagged …

Dispersal is a central process in ecology and evolution. At the individual level, the three
stages of the dispersal process (ie, emigration, transience and immigration) are affected by …

Molecular genetic data have found widespread application in the identification of population
and conservation units for aquatic species. However, integration of genetic information into …

Genetic population assignment used to inform wildlife management and conservation efforts
requires panels of highly informative genetic markers and sensitive assignment tests. We …

Genetic stock identification (GSI) estimates stock proportions and individual assignments
through comparison of genetic markers with reference populations. It is used widely in …

Poleward species range shifts have been predicted to result from climate change, and many
observations have confirmed such movement. Poleward shifts may represent a …

Neotropic migratory birds are declining across the W estern H emisphere, but conservation
efforts have been hampered by the inability to assess where migrants are most limited—the …

Maintenance of genetic diversity in marine fishes targeted by commercial fishing is a grand
challenge for the future. Most of these species are abundant and therefore important for …

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have gained wide use in humans and model
species and are becoming the marker of choice for applications in other species …

It is well known that statistical classification procedures should be assessed using data that
are separate from those used to train the classifier. This principle is commonly overlooked …