He is particularly interested in the development and application of methods for historical inference using molecular markers, and the evolution of life-history traits in the context of biological invasions.
We also propose effective utilization of the elements as DNA markers for breeding and evolution of duplicated genes.
Li, C., Riethoven, J. J. & Naylor, G. J. EvolMarkers: a database for mining exon and intron markers for evolution, ecology and conservation studies.
As one of the most important markers in molecular systematics and evolution [1] [6], ITS2 shows significant sequence variability at the species level or lower.
Asexuality with strong clonal selection is likely to cause deviations from HW equilibrium in polymorphic loci, such as microsatellite markers, via hitch-hiking and evolution in clonal lineages.
From a practical point of view, repetitive sequences constitute a potential source of a wide range of markers useful for genome diversity and evolution analysis, genetic mapping and marker-assisted selection.
These variants are interesting as both markers of evolution and for their phenotypic effects (e.g. characteristic traits and diseases).
It is doubtless that Wukong is a promising marker for maize diversity and evolution studies.
This makes these functional markers especially useful for population and evolution analyses of P. alba.
Annotated core and accessory genes can serve as complementary markers in future population genetics and evolution studies.
