Resolving the genealogy of life—the phylogenetic relationships that describe the
evolutionary history of species—remains one of the great challenges of systematic biology …

Coral research is being ushered into the genomic era. To fully capitalize on the potential
discoveries from this genomic revolution, the rapidly increasing number of high-quality …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

Species are the fundamental units of life and evolution. Their recognition is essential for
science and society. Molecular methods have been increasingly used for the identification of …

Practical biodiversity conservation relies on delineation of biologically meaningful units.
Manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) are threatened worldwide, yet morphological similarities …

Deserts, even those at tropical latitudes, often have strikingly low levels of plant diversity,
particularly within genera. One remarkable exception to this pattern is the genus Petalidium …

Background Our ability to investigate processes shaping the evolutionary diversification of
corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) is limited by a lack of understanding of species boundaries …

Abstract Anthozoans (eg, corals, anemones) are an ecologically important and diverse
group of marine metazoans that occur from shallow to deep waters worldwide. However, our …

As coral populations decline worldwide in the face of ongoing environmental change,
documenting their distribution, diversity and conservation status is now more imperative than …

Phylogenetic studies focusing on Salmonidae have revealed significant obstacles in trying
to clarify some interspecific relationships within the Salmoninae subfamily, due to a limited …