The western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, is an established insect
pest of maize (Zea mays L.) in North America. The rotation of maize with another crop …

Although the application of population and evolutionary genetic theory and methods to
address issues of conservation relevance has a long history, the formalization of …

Background Use of genomic tools to characterize wildlife populations has increased in
recent years. In the past, genetic characterization has been accomplished with more …

Microsatellite loci are standard genetic markers for population genetic analysis, whereas
single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are more recent tools that require assessment of …

We have developed a new approach to create microsatellite primer sets that have high utility
across a wide range of species. The success of this method was demonstrated using birds …

Biotechnology is integral to the application of robust, high through-put detection of species-
specific and species or genus-transferred microsatellites, or simple sequence repeat (SSR) …

The implications of transitioning to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP s) from
microsatellite markers (MS s) have been investigated in a number of population genetics …

Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are an ancient taxon of one genus, Glossina, and limited
species diversity. All are exclusively haematophagous and confined to sub-Saharan Africa …

Populus wulianensis is an endangered tree species endemic to Shandong Province, China.
Genetic diversity assessments represent the basis and a prerequisite for protecting …

A set of 61 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers was developed from the 19 523 Lactuca
sativa and Lactuca serriola unigenes. Approximately 4.5% of the unigenes contained a …