Microsatellites have been popular molecular markers ever since their advent in the late
eighties. Despite growing competition from new genotyping and sequencing techniques, the …

Traditional analysis in population genetics evaluates differences among groups of
individuals and, in some cases, considers the effects of distance or potential barriers to gene …

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) currently comprise a single, cosmopolitan species with a
diverse diet. However, studies over the last 30 yr have revealed populations of sympatric …

The decreasing cost and increasing scope and power of emerging genomic technologies
are reshaping the field of molecular ecology. However, many modern genomic approaches …

An introduction to articles published within the issue is presented, including an approach to
discover single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) for population genetics study of the ringed …

We quantified the relative influence of maternal fidelity to feeding grounds and natal fidelity
to breeding grounds on the population structure of humpback whales Megaptera …

The interplay of natural selection and genetic drift, influenced by geographic isolation,
mating systems and population size, determines patterns of genetic diversity within species …

Taxonomy is an imprecise science that delimits the evolutionary continuum into discrete
categories. For marine mammals, this science is complicated by the relative lack of …

Dispersal in many organisms is asymmetric by sex, a pattern that is often identified through
the use of genetic tools. Sex-biased dispersal (SBD) is thought to derive from the varying …

We use mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)(400 bp), six microsatellites and 36 single‐nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs), 20 of which were linked, to investigate population structure of sperm …