1. Temporal-method estimates of N_e from highly polymorphic loci

   • Thomas F. Turner
   • Laura A. Salter
   • John R. Gold

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 308

2. Conservation genetics of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in eastern and central North Atlantic

   • Liselotte Wesley Andersen
   • Daniel E. Ruzzante
   • Christina Lockyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 324

3. Inbreeding depression and the maintenance of genetic load in Melitaea cinxia metapopulations

   • Sari Haikola
   • Wilhelm Fortelius
   • Ilkka Hanski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 335

4. Complex evolutionary history in the brown trout: Insights on the recognition of conservation units

   • Agostinho Antunes
   • Rui Faria
   • Paulo Alexandrino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 347

5. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and phylogeographic patterns in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the North Atlantic

   • Krystal A. Tolley
   • Gísli A. Víkingsson
   • Patricia E. Rosel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 361

6. Captive breeding and the genetic fitness of natural populations

   • Michael Lynch
   • Martin O'Hely

   OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 378

7. Preliminary analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation in a southern feeding group of eastern North Pacific gray whales

   • T.E. Steeves
   • J.D. Darling
   • R.C. Fleischer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 384

8. Eggs yield nuclear DNA from egg-laying female cowbirds, their embryos and offspring

   • B.M. Strausberger
   • M.V. Ashley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 385 - 390

9. A set of human tri- and tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci useful for population analyses in gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

   • Yun-wu Zhang
   • Phillip A. Morin
   • Ya-ping Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 395

10. Author index Volume 2

    Authors Index Pages: 397 - 397

11. Volume Contents 2

    Volume Contents Pages: 399 - 402

12. Instructions for Authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 403 - 407