Mitochondrial genome is a powerful molecule marker to explore phylogenetic relationships
and reveal molecular evolution in ichthyological studies. Gerres species play significant …

Oceanic islands are natural laboratories where evolutionary processes can be studied more
readily. In the present work we use nuclear microsatellites to quantitatively assess the roles …

Islands provide unique opportunities to integrated research approaches to study evolution
and conservation because boundaries are circumscribed, geological ages are often precise …

Understanding intra-island patterns of evolutionary divergence, including cases of cryptic
diversity, is a crucial step towards deciphering speciation processes. Cyprus is an oceanic …

Background Especially on islands closer to the mainland, such as the Canary Islands,
different lineages that originated by multiple colonization events could have merged by …

As found in other oceanic islands, the Canary Islands include a large number of single
island endemic species, some of which form clades that are broadly distributed within the …

We studied four currently recognized endemics of Ruta (Rutaceae) from the Canary Islands,
an oceanic biodiversity hotspot, to identify genetic variation, reconstruct evolutionary …

Abstract Background and Aims Various studies and conservationist reports have warned
about the contraction of the last subtropical Afro-Macaronesian forests. These relict …

Abstract Rangelands in Saudi Arabia comprise about 75% of the country's total area of more
than 175 Million Hectares; however, woodland forests occupy only 2.7 Million Hectares. The …

Kleinia neriifolia Haw. is an endemic species on the Canarian archipelago, this species is
widespread in the coastal thicket of all the Canarian islands. In the present study, genetic …