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Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to control population structure throughout a species' range.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 13 Sept 2011
Pringle James M, Blakeslee April M H, Byers James E, Roman Joe
Abstract excerpt
In a single well-mixed population, equally abundant neutral alleles are equally likely to persist. However, in spatially complex populations structured by an asymmetric dispersal mechanism, such as a coastal population where larvae are predominantly moved downstream by currents, the eventual frequency of neutral haplotypes will depend on their initial spatial location. In our study of the progression of two...
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