Conservation initiatives are now more crucial than ever—over a million plant and animal
species are at risk of extinction over the coming decades. The genetic management of …

Conservation of biodiversity is critical for the coexistence of humans and the sustenance of
other living organisms within the ecosystem. Identification and prioritization of specific …

The noble crayfish, Astacus astacus, is an indigenous European freshwater species. Its
populations show significant declines caused by anthropogenic pressure on its habitats …

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are implicated in dozens of human genetic diseases and
contribute significantly to genome variation and instability. Yet profiling STRs from short-read …

Background The freshwater mussel Cristaria plicata (Bivalvia: Eulamellibranchia:
Unionidae), is an economically important species in molluscan aquaculture due to its use in …

Fisheries management involves a broad and complex set of tasks that are necessary to
prevent overfishing and to help the recovery of overfished stock. Monitoring fishing activities …

Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) is an important target of tuna fisheries in the Atlantic and
Indian Oceans. The commercial catch of albacore is the highest globally among all …

As genomic-scale data sets become economically feasible for most organisms, a key
question for conservation biology is whether the increased resolution offered by new …

Population subdivision among several neotropical malaria vectors has been widely
evaluated; however, few studies have analyzed population variation at a microgeographic …

Microsatellites or short sequence repeats are widespread genetic markers which are
hypermutable 1–6 bp long short nucleotide motifs. Significantly, their applications in …