There are two intriguing paradoxes in molecular biology—the inconsistent relationship
between organismal complexity and (1) cellular DNA content and (2) the number of protein …

A central challenge in evolutionary biology is to identify genes underlying ecologically
important traits and describe the fitness consequences of naturally occurring variation at …

When introduced or cultivated plants or animals hybridize with their native relatives, the
spread of invasive genes into native populations might have biological, aesthetic, and legal …

Meiotic recombination is almost universal among sexually reproducing organisms. Because
the process leads to the destruction of successful parental allele combinations and the …

Modern analytical methods for population genetics and phylogenetics are expected to
provide more accurate results when data from multiple genome‐wide loci are analysed. We …

Visceral regeneration in sea cucumbers has been studied since early last century; however,
it is only within the last 15 years that real progress has been made in understanding the …

Comparative genome analysis of non-avian reptiles and amphibians provides important
clues about the process of genome evolution in tetrapods. However, there is still only limited …

Adult salamanders are best known for their capacity to regenerate an astounding range of
body structures including the whole limb and tail, the central nervous system, and tissues of …

A genetic linkage map of the channel catfish genome (N= 29) was constructed using EST-
based microsatellite and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in an interspecific …

Gathering genomic‐scale data efficiently is challenging for nonmodel species with large,
complex genomes. Transcriptome sequencing is accessible for organisms with large …