In recent decades, molecular markers have been applied extensively in ecological studies, and shown the importance in further our understanding of ecosystem and function. This potentiality represents several points including: ① The molecular markers are applied primarily in population ecology at present. In the future, greater potential of utilizing molecular markers will be realized in the study of evolutionary ecology, conservation ecology, restoration ecology and ecosystem ecology; ②some molecular markers will be used in brand new research areas; ③ several different molecular markers will be combined in solving questions in order to improve data quality; ④ with new molecular marker to be developed, novel and extensive development will be foreseen in the area of ecology. However, molecular markers also have associated limitations when they are used in ecological investigations, such as high running cost, low repetitions, and radioactive problems. It is important to choose and optimize different molecular markers when different ecological issues are to be addressed.
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