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Conserving adaptive genetic diversity in dynamic landscapes.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2011
Ficetola Gentile Francesco, Bonin Auré Lie
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Genetic variation supplies the raw material for adaptation, evolution and survival of populations and has therefore been a key focus of conservation biology ever since its foundation (Soulé 1985). In previous decades, the neutral component of genetic diversity (generated by mutation and shaped by drift) has been the subject of intense scientific research, fuelled by the increasing availability of molecular...
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