Non-model plants ie, the species which have one or all of the characters such as long life
cycle, difficulty to grow in the laboratory or poor fecundity, have been schemed out of …

Despite the importance of polyploidy and the increasing availability of new genomic data,
there remain important gaps in our knowledge of polyploid population genetics. These gaps …

The fields of ecological and conservation genetics have developed greatly in recent
decades through the use of molecular markers to investigate organisms in their natural …

Conifers are the predominant gymnosperm. The size and complexity of their genomes has
presented formidable technical challenges for whole-genome shotgun sequencing and …

Background: Genetic diversity is an essential resource for breeders to improve new cultivars
with desirable characteristics. Recently, genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS), a next …

Previous phylogenetic studies in oaks (Quercus, Fagaceae) have failed to resolve the
backbone topology of the genus with strong support. Here, we utilize next-generation …

An increasing number of studies using genetic data at the generic and species levels reveal
complex patterns of relationships among populations and species. Incomplete lineage …

Single and low copy nuclear genes offer a larger number of, and more rapidly evolving,
characters than the chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal gene sequences that have dominated …

Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) and downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) are short-
lived, relatively small broadleaved trees that occur throughout most of Europe, particularly in …

Degraded DNA from suboptimal field sampling is common in molecular ecology. However,
its impact on techniques that use restriction site associated next‐generation DNA …