Abstract Analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence variation has been used extensively to
study the evolutionary relationships of individuals and populations, both within and across …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is one of the most popular population genetic markers. Its
relevance as an indicator of population size and history has recently been questioned by …

It is commonly assumed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolves at a faster rate than
nuclear DNA (nuDNA) in animals. This has contributed to the popularity of mtDNA as a …

▪ Abstract Early studies of animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) assumed that nucleotide
sequence variation was neutral. Recent analyses of sequences from a variety of taxa have …

Recombinant DNA methods have made accessible the nuclear and organelle genomes of a
vast array of plant and animal species. 1–3 Although evolutionary biologists and …

The generation and analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence data has become
routine in mammalogy. Unfortunately, these analyses can be confounded because …

Animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is playing an increasingly important role as a genetic
marker in population and evolutionary biology. The popularity of this molecule derives, in …

Combining nuclear (nuDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers has improved the
power of molecular data to test phylogenetic and phylogeographic hypotheses and has …

In the past decade, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis has become es-tablished as a
powerful tool for evolutionary studies of animals. These studies, recently reviewed by Avise …

Numts are fragments of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that have been translocated to the
nucleus, where they can persist while their mitochondrial counterparts continue to rapidly …