Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) is a high-resolution genetic typing approach to identify
species and strains of pathogens impacting human health, agriculture (animals and plants) …

In conventional phylogeographic studies, historical demographic processes are elucidated
from the geographical distribution of individuals represented on an inferred gene tree …

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POPART: full-feature software for haplotype network construction Jessica W. Leigh* and David …

Describing biological diversity is a challenging endeavour, especially for the small, cryptic
animals that make up the meiofauna. The field of DNA taxonomy, ie, the use of DNA to …

Genealogies estimated from haplotypic genetic data play a prominent role in various
biological disciplines in general and in phylogenetics, population genetics and …

During 25 surveys of global Phytophthora diversity, conducted between 1998 and 2020, 43
new species were detected in natural ecosystems and, occasionally, in nurseries and …

Abstract The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the world's major biodiversity hotspots and is
threatened by a severe habitat loss. Yet little is known about the processes that originated its …

Background The concept of a tree of life is prevalent in the evolutionary literature. It stems
from attempting to obtain a grand unified natural system that reflects a recurrent process of …

As global plant trade expands, tree disease epidemics caused by pathogen introductions
are increasing. Since ca 2000, the introduced oomycete Phytophthora ramorum has caused …

Wild grapes are woody climbers, found mostly in temperate regions of the northern
hemisphere, comprising the genus Vitis. Despite its importance, the evolutionary history of …