The 50/500 rule has been used as a guiding principle in conservation for assessing
minimum viable effective population size (N e). There is much confusion in the recent …

What stops populations expanding into new territory beyond the edge of a range margin?
Recent models addressing this problem have brought together population genetics and …

In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter
than the" long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin—in fact, evolutionary change is …

1. Dispersal and gene flow can have a variety of interacting effects on evolution. These
effects can either promote or constrain adaptive divergence through either genetic or …

In populations or species with low fitness (high genetic load), a new management strategy
called genetic rescue has been advocated to help avoid extinction. In this strategy, unrelated …

The field of landscape genetics has been evolving rapidly since its emergence in the early
2000s. New applications, techniques and criticisms of techniques appear like clockwork with …

Adaptive diversification is driven by selection in ecologically different environments. In
absence of geographical barriers to dispersal, this adaptive divergence (AD) may be …

Translocations are becoming increasingly popular as appropriate management strategies
for the genetic restoration of endangered species and populations. Although a few studies …

Despite recent advances in conservation genetics and related disciplines and the growing
impact that conservation genetics is having in conservation biology, our knowledge on …

Gene flow among hybridizing species with incomplete reproductive barriers blurs species
boundaries, while selection under heterogeneous local ecological conditions or along …