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A new individual-based spatial approach for identifying genetic discontinuities in natural populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2007
Manel S, Berthoud F, Bellemain E, Gaudeul M, Luikart G, Swenson J E, Waits L P, Taberlet P
Abstract excerpt
The population concept is central in evolutionary and conservation biology, but identifying the boundaries of natural populations is often challenging. Here, we present a new approach for assessing spatial genetic structure without the a priori assumptions on the locations of populations made by adopting an individual-centred approach. Our method is based on assignment tests applied in a moving window over an...
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