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

As populations diverge, genetic differences accumulate across the genome. Spurred by
rapid developments in sequencing technology, genome-wide population surveys of natural …

Mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) plays important roles in evolutionary and ecological
studies. It becomes routine to utilize multiple genes on mitogenome or the entire …

One of the major properties of genes is their expression pattern. Notably, genes are often
classified as tissue specific or housekeeping. This property is of interest to molecular …

Transposable elements (TEs) are selfish genetic elements that mobilize in genomes via
transposition or retrotransposition and often make up large fractions of vertebrate genomes …

Although sex is a fundamental component of eukaryotic reproduction, the genetic systems
that control sex determination are highly variable. In many organisms the presence of sex …

The increased capacity of DNA sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of
the phylogeny of birds and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms molding their genomic …

The fidelity of DNA replication together with repair mechanisms ensure that the genetic
material is properly copied from one generation to another. However, on extremely rare …

Genome assemblies are currently being produced at an impressive rate by consortia and
individual laboratories. The low costs and increasing efficiency of sequencing technologies …

Teleost fishes, thanks to their rapid evolution of sex determination mechanisms, provide
remarkable opportunities to study the formation of sex chromosomes and the mechanisms …