Article
A new model for extinction and recolonization in two dimensions: quantifying phylogeography.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2010
Barton Nicholas H, Kelleher Jerome, Etheridge Alison M
Abstract excerpt
Classical models of gene flow fail in three ways: they cannot explain large-scale patterns; they predict much more genetic diversity than is observed; and they assume that loosely linked genetic loci evolve independently. We propose a new model that deals with these problems. Extinction events kill some fraction of individuals in a region. These are replaced by offspring from a small number of parents, drawn from...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
