1. Genetic Effects of a Persistent Bottleneck on a Natural Population of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata)

   • Chih-Horng Kuo
   • Fredric J. Janzen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 437

2. Does Inbreeding and Loss of Genetic Diversity Decrease Disease Resistance?

   • Derek Spielman
   • Barry W. Brook
   • Richard Frankham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 448

3. Low Levels of Nucleotide Diversity in Crocodylus moreletii and Evidence of Hybridization with C. acutus

   • David A. Ray
   • Jennifer A. Dever
   • Llewellyn D. Densmore

   OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 462

4. Impact of Asymmetrical Hybridization Followed By Sterile F₁ Hybrids on Species Replacement in Pseudorasbora

   • Mayu Konishi
   • Keisuke Takata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 474

5. Conservation Genetics of Mexican Beech, Fagus grandifoliavar. mexicana

   • Adele Rowden
   • Ashley Robertson
   • Adrian C. Newton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 484

6. Implications of Anthropogenic Landscape Change on Inter-Population Movements of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

   • Taylor Edwards
   • Cecil R. Schwalbe
   • Caren S. Goldberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 499

7. Population Genetic Structure and Conservation of the Lesser White-Fronted GooseAnser erythropus

   • Minna Ruokonen
   • Laura Kvist
   • Jaakko Lumme

   OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 512

8. Local Adaptation and Genetics of Acid-Stress Tolerance in the Moor Frog, Rana arvalis

   • Juha Merilä
   • Fredrik Söderman
   • Anssi Laurila

   OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 527

9. Genetic Differentiation of White-Spotted Charr (Salvelinus leucomaenis) Populations After Habitat Fragmentation: Spatial–Temporal Changes in Gene Frequencies

   • S. Yamamoto
   • K. Morita
   • K. Maekawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 529 - 538

10. Counting Alleles with Rarefaction: Private Alleles and Hierarchical Sampling Designs

    • Steven T. Kalinowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 539 - 543

11. Genetic Identification of Western Mediterranean Sturgeons and its Implication for Conservation

    • Roberto de la Herrán
    • Francisca Robles
    • Manuel Ruiz Rejón

    OriginalPaper Pages: 545 - 551

12. Retrospective Estimation of Genetic Diversity of an Extinct Oriental White Stork (Ciconia boyciana) Population in Japan Using Mounted Specimens and Implications for Reintroduction Programs

    • K. Murata
    • M. Satou
    • Y. Yamamoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 553 - 560

13. Spatial Distribution of Genetic Variation in a Natural Beech Stand (Fagus sylvaticaL.) Based on Microsatellite Markers

    • Barbara Vornam
    • Natalia Decarli
    • Oliver Gailing

    OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 570