Current approaches to biodiversity conservation are largely based on geographic areas,
ecosystems, ecological communities, and species, with less attention on genetic diversity …

Interpretations and analytical practices surrounding DNA barcoding are examined using a
compilation of 3,756 papers (as of December 31, 2018) with “DNA Barcode” in the abstract …

Genetic polymorphism varies among species and within genomes, and has important
implications for the evolution and conservation of species. The determinants of this variation …

We present an in silico approach for the reconstruction of complete mitochondrial genomes
of non-model organisms directly from next-generation sequencing (NGS) data …

Integrative and proactive conservation approaches are critical to the long-term persistence
of biodiversity. Molecular data can provide important information on evolutionary processes …

Background The mitochondrial (mt) genome has been used as an effective tool for
phylogenetic and population genetic analyses in vertebrates. However, the structure and …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

Global climate has fluctuated greatly during the past three million years, leading to the
recent major ice ages. An inescapable consequence for most living organisms is great …

DNA-sequence data from the mitochondrial genome are being used with increasing
frequency to estimate phylogenetic relationships among animal taxa. The advantage to …

Episodes of population growth and decline leave characteristic signatures in the distribution
of nucleotide (or restriction) site differences between pairs of individuals. These signatures …