Broadly applicable polymorphic genetic markers are essential tools for population genetics,
and different types of markers have been developed for this purpose. Microsatellites have …

The sequencing and comparison of vertebrate genomes have enabled the identification of
widely conserved genomic elements. Chief among these are genes and cis-regulatory …

Myrtaceae has many fruit-bearing species of economic and ecological relevance worldwide,
but with microsatellite molecular markers (simple sequence repeats, SSR) available for only …

Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are common and widespread DNA
elements in genomes of many organisms. However, their dynamics in genome evolution is …

Microsatellites make up∼ 3% of the human genome, and there is increasing evidence that
some microsatellites can have important functions and can be conserved by selection. To …

We used three different methods, size-selected genomic library, cross-species amplification
of a mammal-wide set of conserved microsatellites and genomic sequencing, to develop a …

The New Zealand sea lion (NZSL) is a threatened species of high conservation significance
(Chapter 1). It is expected to have undergone a severe population bottleneck due to …

Microsatellites are popular genetic markers in molecular ecology, genetic mapping and
forensics. Unfortunately, despite recent advances, the isolation of de novo polymorphic …

Over two centuries after the first platypus specimen stirred the scientific community in
Europe, the whole-genome sequence of the duck-billed platypus has been completed and is …

Interspecific hybridization is a relatively common occurrence within all animal groups. Two
main factors make hybridization act differently in ants than in other species: eusociality and …