Bioscientifica Proceedings

As stated in the first Proceedings, the economically important domestic species have been the subject of ongoing reproductive research over many decades. The aims of researchers and clinicians have been directed at increasing fecundity and fertility, to manipulate reproduction for simpler management, to increase the genetic influence of selected individuals and importantly to improve animal welfare. A group of international researchers initiated the first symposium in Australi...

Summary. Phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relationships among species. Phylogenies are based on the comparison of large numbers of characteristics among species. Traditionally, the field of phylogenetics was dominated by paleontologists so the characteristics studied were structural, often skeletal. The field of phylogenetics was revolutionized in the 1980s as scientists began using molecular data, first amino acid, then nucleotide sequences. This le...