Pierre Taberlet

TL;DR: Six primers for the amplification of three non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been designed and worked for most species tested, which means that they may be used to study the population biology and evolution of plants.

TL;DR: A Brooks parsimony analysis produced an unrooted area phylogram, showing that: (i) the northern regions were colonized generally from the Iberic and Balkanic refugia; and (ii) the Italian lineages were often isolated due to the presence of the Alpine barrier.

TL;DR: A new approach has emerged for analyzing spatial genetic data without requiring that discrete populations be identified in advance, and promises to facilitate the understanding of how geographical and environmental features structure genetic variation at both the population and individual levels.

TL;DR: An experimental procedure using PCR that provides a reliable genotype at a microsatellite locus using only a few picograms of template DNA is identified and should be systematically used when genotyping nuclear loci of ancient or forensic samples, museum specimens and hair or feces of free ranging animals.

TL;DR: Four case studies representing a large variety of population genetics investigations differing in their sampling strategies, in the type of organism studied (plant or animal) and the molecular markers used [microsatellites or amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), and the estimated genotyping error rate are considered.