The Research Methodology

1. Collecting and collection management
2. PCR, DNA sequencing and substitution patterns
3. Phylogeny and phylogeography
4. Genomic approaches
5. Microsatellites: lineage-identification and age
6. Cytology and cytogenetics
7. Morphology
8. Population Ecology: temporal and spatial segregation
9. Analyses of quantitative traits: fitness components
10. Parasitology: the Red Queen
11. Behavioural studies: reproductive isolation
12. GIS analysis - habitat age constraints and data integration
13. Theoretical Modelling