Human‐mediated global change will probably increase the rates of natural hybridization
and genetic introgression between closely related species, and this will have major …

Determining the significance of hybridization events raises essential issues both in
conservation and in evolutionary biology. Here, we report a genetic investigation of …

Abstract Background The European mink (Mustela lutreola, L. 1761) is a critically
endangered mustelid, which inhabits several main river drainages in Europe. Here, we …

The release of domesticated organisms into natural populations may adversely affect these
populations through predation, resource competition, and the introduction of disease …

Abstract The European mink (Mustela lutreola L., 1761) is an endangered carnivore species
whose populations suffered a severe decline during the last century. The genotyping of eight …

In species of great conservation concern, special attention must be paid to their
phylogeography, in particular the origin of animals for captive breeding and reintroduction …

Introgressive hybridization can pose a serious threat to endangered species which have an
overlapping distribution such as in the case of two polecat species, Mustela eversmanii and …

High among‐individual variation in mating success often causes problems in conservation
breeding programs. This is also the case for critically endangered European mink and may …

The European mink (Mustela lutreola) is one of the most threatened carnivores in Europe,
with fragmented populations in Belarus, Russia and Romania, as well in south-western …

The population genetic structure of an invasive species in Spain, the American mink
(Mustela vison), was investigated using microsatellite DNA markers. This semi-aquatic …