Article
Consequences of range contractions and range shifts on molecular diversity.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2012
Arenas Miguel, Ray Nicolas, Currat Mathias, Excoffier Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Due to past and current climatic changes, range contractions and range shifts are essential stages in the history of a species. However, unlike range expansions, the molecular consequences of these processes have been little investigated. In order to fill this gap, we simulated patterns of molecular diversity within and between populations for various types of range contractions and range shifts. We show that...
Topics
- Animal Migration
- Animals
- Climate Change
- Computer Simulation
- DNA
- Environment
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Homing Behavior
- Models, Biological