Differences or similarities in the variance of fitness traits are crucial in several biological disciplines, e.g. ecological, toxicological, developmental and evolutionary studies. For example the...

Is anybody interested in publish in the following special issue dealing with conservation genomics: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijg/si/134520/cfp/?

Is anybody interested in publish in the following special issue dealing with conservation genomics: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijg/si/134520/cfp/?

How Can Genomic Tools Contribute to the Conservation of Endangered Organisms Call for Papers All living organisms are faced with a multitude of challenges in their natural environment, such as...

How Can Genomic Tools Contribute to the Conservation of Endangered Organisms please visit the web-site: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijg/si/134520/cfp/ Call for Papers All living organisms are...

Here we study genetic differentiation and changes over time in genetic variability in the rare pine marten Martes martes. Samples from three isolated geographic regions: Jutland and Sealand (Denmark)...

The impact of intraspecific hybridisation on fitness and morphological traits depends on the history of natural selection and genetic drift, which may have led to differently coadapted gene-complexes...

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

Accurate measurements of what birds are looking at are valuable to most studies of vision and visually guided behaviour in avian species. Compared to human visual research, studies of gaze behaviour...

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The effective population size (N e ), and the ratio between N e and census population size (N) are often used as measures of population viability. We show that using the harmonic mean of population...

An integrated view on the possible effects of global climate change is provided while taking into account that not only the rising average temperature is likely to impact natural populations but also...

The effects a stressful developmental temperature and maternal and grandmaternal age was investigated on plasticity of wing shape, using the Procrustes method, in two parthenogenetic strains of...

The Andalusian hemipode (Turnix sylvatica sylvatica) (Order: Turniciformes, Family: Turnicidae), formerly distributed in several Mediterranean countries, is a critically endangered bird, if not...

What is the genetic relationship between heterozygosity and developmental instability?

The Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus is one of the world's most endangered felids and is vulnerable to human-induced mortality and habitat loss, which reduce population size and accelerate the loss of...

To set conservation priorities, scientists should be able to assess the relative threats posed by the effects of loss of genetic variability, inbreeding and outbreeding as these can generate 'genetic...