Carnivores tend to exhibit a lack of (or less pronounced) genetic structure at continental scales in both a geographic and temporal sense and this can confound the identification of post‐glacial colonization patterns in this group. In this study we used genome‐wide data (using genotyping by sequencing [GBS]) to reconstruct the phylogeographic history of a widespread carnivore, the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), by investigating br...

Information on genetic structure can be used to complement direct inferences on social systems and behaviour. We studied the genetic structure of the solitary grey mouse lemur ( Microcebus murinus ), a small, nocturnal primate endemic to western Madagascar, with the aim of getting further insight on its breeding structure. Tissue samples from 167 grey mouse lemurs in an area covering 12.3 km 2 in Kirindy Forest were obtained f...

A new polymerase chain reaction‐based screening method for microsatellites is presented. Using this method, we isolated 12 microsatellite loci from Drosophila buzzatii , two of which were X‐linked. We applied the other 10 microsatellite loci to the analysis of genetic variation in five natural populations of D. buzzatii . Two populations were from the species’ original distribution in Argentina, whereas the other three were fr...