▪ Abstract About 20 years ago, DNA sequences were separately described from the quagga
(a type of zebra) and an ancient Egyptian individual. What made these DNA sequences …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been the workhorse of research in phylogeography for
almost two decades. However, concerns with basing evolutionary interpretations on mtDNA …

In the past two decades, ancient DNA research has progressed from the retrieval of small
fragments of mitochondrial DNA from a few late Holocene specimens, to large-scale studies …

The Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing one of the fastest rates of regional climate change
on Earth, resulting in the collapse of ice shelves, the retreat of glaciers and the exposure of …

Postglacial recolonisation patterns are well documented for the Northern Hemisphere biota,
but comparable processes in the Southern Hemisphere have only recently been examined …

Despite recent advances in population genetic theory and empirical research, the extent of
genetic differentiation among natural populations of animals remains difficult to predict. We …

Ancient DNA (aDNA) research has long depended on the power of PCR to amplify trace
amounts of surviving genetic material from preserved specimens. While PCR permits …

Time-scales estimated from sequence data play an important role in molecular ecology.
They can be used to draw correlations between evolutionary and palaeoclimatic events, to …

Open‐ocean environments provide few obvious barriers to the dispersal of marine
organisms. Major currents and/or environmental gradients potentially impede gene flow …

The Antarctic biota is highly endemic, and the diversity and abundance of taxonomic groups
differ from elsewhere in the world. Such characteristics have resulted from evolution in …