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A tight balance between natural selection and gene flow in a southern African arid-zone endemic bird.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2011
Ribeiro Ångela M, Lloyd Penn, Bowie Rauri C K
Abstract excerpt
Gene flow is traditionally thought to be antagonistic to population differentiation and local adaptation. However, recent studies have demonstrated that local adaptation can proceed provided that selection is greater than the homogenizing effects of gene flow. We extend these initial studies by combining ecology (climate), phenotype (body size), physiological genetics (oxidative phosphorylation genes), and...
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