Microsatellites are the most popular and versatile genetic marker with myriads of
applications in population genetics, conservation biology, and evolutionary biology. These …

Microsatellites represent codominant molecular genetic markers, which are ubiquitously
distributed within genomes. Due to their high level of polymorphism, relatively small size and …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

Background In recent years, several types of molecular markers and new microscale
skeletal characters have shown potential as powerful tools for phylogenetic reconstructions …

The mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt-b) gene is widely used in systematic studies to resolve
divergences at many taxonomic levels. The present study focuses mainly on the utility of cyt …

Fundamental to understanding how biodiversity arises and adapts is whether evolution is
predictable in the face of stochastic genetic and demographic factors. Here we show rapid …

Abstract With more than 3,000 species, the fish family Cichlidae is one of the most species-
rich families of vertebrates. Cichlids occur in southern and central America, Africa …

African cichlid fishes have undergone outbursts of explosive speciation in several lakes,
accompanied by rapid radiations in coloration and ecology. Little is known about the …

Speciation caused by introgressive hybridization occurs frequently in plants but its
importance remains controversial in animal evolution. Here we report a case of introgressive …

Microsatellites have proved to be useful for the detection of weak population structure in
marine fishes and other species characterized by large populations and high gene flow …