John C. Avise

TL;DR: A recent criticism that the biological species concept (BSC) unduly neglects phylogeny is examined under a novel modification of coalescent theory that considers multiple, sex-defined genealogical pathways through sexual organismal pedigrees.

TL;DR: Some of the evolutionary revelations that have emerged from selection theory as applied to genetic and phylogenetic information on clonality, hermaphroditism, and pregnancy, three procreative phenomena that are relatively rare in vertebrate animals and thus offer alternative evolutionary perspectives on standard reproductive modes are summarized.

TL;DR: Case histories are discussed in which the data of molecular genetics revealed prior systematic errors of the two possible kinds: taxonomic recognition of groups showing little evolutionary differentiation, and lack of taxonomic Recognition of phylogenetically distinct forms.

TL;DR: This study appears to be the first assessment of genetic parentage for any sea snake species (and indeed for any member of the elapid clade) and can only speculate as to whether this apparent monandry by females is a broader phylogenetic characteristic of elapids or whether it might relate somehow to the sea snakes' peculiar lifestyle that uniquely combines viviparity with a marine existence.

TL;DR: Eleven microsatellite loci for the turtleheaded sea snake, Emydocephalus annulatus, are developed from partial genomic DNA libraries using a repeat enrichment protocol and are expected to be useful markers for evaluating population genetic structure, gene flow, relatedness and effective population sizes for all Aipysurus group sea snakes.