Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …

Faunal turnover in Indo-Australia across Wallace's Line is one of the most recognizable
patterns in biogeography and has catalyzed debate about the role of evolutionary and …

As coral populations decline worldwide in the face of ongoing environmental change,
documenting their distribution, diversity and conservation status is now more imperative than …

Abstract Background Tree squirrels (Sciuridae, Sciurini), in particular the highly diverse
Neotropical lineages, are amongst the most rapidly diversifying branches of the mammal …

High-throughput sequencing methods have facilitated obtaining large amounts of data from
degraded DNA, thus resulting in a dramatic increase in destructive sampling requests to …

The first molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the aquatic beetle family Noteridae is
inferred using DNA sequence data from five gene fragments (mitochondrial and nuclear) …

The extraction of nucleic acids is one of the most routine procedures used in molecular
biology laboratories, yet kit performance may influence the downstream processing of …

Historical DNA obtained from voucher specimens housed in natural history museums
worldwide have allowed the study of elusive, rare or even extinct species that in many cases …

Key insights into the evolutionary history of recently extinct or critically endangered species
can be obtained through analysis of genomic data collected using high-throughput …

Aim Understanding the biotic and abiotic mechanisms underlying the generation and
maintenance of biogeographic transitions represent long‐standing topics in evolutionary …