Neutral DNA markers fail to detect genetic divergence in an ecologically important trait

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A comparative analysis of population structure of a forest tree, Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae), using microsatellite markers and quantitative traits (2006, background): “There is often a poor correlation between molecular marker variation and quantitative variation for adaptively important traits (Bekessy et al. 2003; Pfrender 2000; Reed and Frankham 2001).”
Genetic homogeneity in Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae) at nuclear microsatellites (2006, background): “…of phenotypic diversity for quantitative or adaptive traits vs. the genetic diversity of putatively neutral genetic markers has been noted by numerous researchers (e.g., Milligan et al., 1994; Karhu et al., 1996; Lynch, 1996; Reed and Frankham, 2001; McKay and Latta, 2002; Bekessy et al., 2003).”
Phenotypic plasticity rather than locally adapted ecotypes allows the invasive alligator weed to colonize a wide range of habitats (2007, unknown): “only according to the result of molecular marker analysis because neutral molecular marker may fail to detect the genetic differentiation in ecologically important quantitative trait (McKay et al. 2001; Bekessy et al. 2003).”