The growing number of artificial structures in estuarine, coastal and marine environments is
causing “ocean sprawl”. Artificial structures do not only modify marine and coastal …

Hybridization has many and varied impacts on the process of speciation. Hybridization may
slow or reverse differentiation by allowing gene flow and recombination. It may accelerate …

The recent extensive loss of biodiversity raises the question of whether organisms will adapt
in time to survive the current era of rapid environmental change, and whether today's …

The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer,
and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding …

When incompletely isolated taxa coexist in a patchy environment (eg mosaic hybrid zones,
host-race complexes), patterns of variation may differ between selected traits/genes and …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is increasingly being used to assess community
composition in coastal ecosystems. In this study, we chose to examine temporal and spatial …

Background The need for enhancing the productivity of fisheries in Africa triggered the
introduction of non-native fish, causing dramatic changes to local species. In East Africa, the …

Genetic rescue can reduce the extinction risk of inbred populations, but it has the poorly
understood risk of 'genetic swamping'—the replacement of the distinctive variation of the …

One of the major tenets of the modern synthesis is that genetic differentiation among
subpopulations is translated over time into genetic differentiation among species …

The commercially important Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), a large migratory fish,
has experienced notable recovery aided by accurate resource assessment and effective …