Genetic stochasticity due to small population size contributes to population extinction,
especially when population fragmentation disrupts gene flow. Estimates of effective …

Laboratory survival experiments have shown that dietary restriction (DR) can increase
median and maximum lifespan. This paper provides a meta-analysis of laboratory …

Multiplex Manager 1.0 is a user-friendly cross-platform program that designs efficient
combinations of existing genetic marker loci into multiplex polymerase chain reactions and …

Conservation genetics studies of populations bottlenecks are commonly framed under the
detrimental paradigm of inbreeding depression. This conceptual paradigm presupposes a …

Inbreeding depression is a major force affecting the evolution and viability of small
populations in captive breeding and restoration programmes. Populations that experience …

The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837)) is an ectoparasitic copepod
which represents a major pathogen of wild and farmed salmonid fishes in the marine …

Chronic microglial activation has been linked to the progressive degeneration of the
nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons evidenced in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis …

Background The adaptive significance of phenotypic changes elicited by environmental
conditions experienced early in life has long attracted attention in evolutionary biology. In …

Background The trailing edges of species ranges are becoming a subject of increasing
interest as the environment changes due to global warming. Trailing edge populations are …

Inbreeding depression, the decline in fitness of inbred individuals, is a ubiquitous
phenomenon of great relevance in evolutionary biology and in the fields of animal and plant …