Evolution of fitnesses and allele frequencies in a population with spatially heterogeneous selection pressures.

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The level of gene flow considerably influences the outcome of evolutionary processes in structured populations with spatial heterogeneity in selection pressures; low levels of gene flow may allow local adaptation whereas high levels of gene flow may oppose this process thus preventing the stable maintenance of polymorphism. Indeed, proportions of fitness space that successfully maintain polymorphism are...

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