As mitochondria are inherited in a matrilinear way, an animal hybrid contains the
mitochondrial DNA of its 'mother species'. Of 80 studies that analysed the mitochondrial DNA …

Exchange of homologous sequences between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules is
thought to be absent in animals, primarily because of a failure to observe clear cases of …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

In explaining his individuality thesis, Michael T. Ghiselin provides extended discussions of
such philosophical topics as definition, the reality of various kinds of groups, and how we …

Even before the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, the perception of evolutionary
change has been a tree-like pattern of diversification-with divergent branches spreading …

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of the birth of phylogeography as a formal discipline.
However, the field's gestation began in the mid‐1970s with the introduction of mitochondrial …

In theory, parthenogenetic lineages have low evolutionary potential because they inexorably
accumulate deleterious mutations and do not generate much genotypic diversity. As a result …

▪ Abstract Fish species have diverse breeding behaviors that make them valuable for testing
theories on genetic mating systems and reproductive tactics. Here we review genetic …

Discussions that are aimed at understanding the maintenance of sexual reproduction are in
a bit of a quagmire owing to the many competing theories that have been proposed. Also …

We compiled information from the literature on the taxonomic distributions in extant teleost
fishes of alternative sex-determination systems: male-heterogametic (XY) gonochorism …