The fields of ecological and conservation genetics have developed greatly in recent
decades through the use of molecular markers to investigate organisms in their natural …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies provide great resources to study bird
evolution and avian functional genomics. They also allow for the identification of suitable …

Degraded DNA from suboptimal field sampling is common in molecular ecology. However,
its impact on techniques that use restriction site associated next‐generation DNA …

The population structure of the highly mobile marine mammal, the harbor porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena), in the Atlantic shelf waters follows a pattern of significant isolation-by …

Single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP s) are preferred over microsatellite markers in many
evolutionary studies, but have only recently been applied to studies of parentage …

Minimally invasive sampling (MIS) is widespread in wildlife studies; however, its utility for
massively parallel DNA sequencing (MPS) is limited. Poor sample quality and contamination …

The comeback of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) throughout western and central Europe
is considered a major conservation success. Traditionally, several subspecies are …

Polyploidization is a dominant feature of flowering plant evolution. However, detailed
genomic analyses of the interpopulation diversification of polyploids following genome …

Evaluating the genetic and demographic independence of populations of threatened
species is important for determining appropriate conservation measures, but different …

Molecular markers can reveal interesting aspects of organismal ecology and evolution,
especially when surveyed in rare or elusive species. Herein, we provide a preliminary …