In conifers, plastid DNA is inherited through the male lineage via the pollen grain. By contrast, mitochondrial DNA is maternally inherited in the well-studied Pinaceae, but is often paternally inherited in other conifer families. This paper examines the mode of inheritance of plastids and mitochondria in the rare Tasmanian podocarp Lagarostrobos franklinii. It is the first molecular genetic study of organelle inheritance in t...

Most ecological generalizations stem from the study of common organisms, but most species are rare. There are a number of reasons to expect that rare and common species may differ consistently in their characteristics, with possible implications for conservation. Past analyses of this issue, however, have generally considered only a single measure of rarity and have not corrected analyses for the lack of independence in the tr...