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Between migration load and evolutionary rescue: dispersal, adaptation and the response of spatially structured populations to environmental change.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Mar 2014
Bourne Elizabeth C, Bocedi Greta, Travis Justin M J, Pakeman Robin J, Brooker Rob W, Schiffers Katja
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary potential of populations is mainly determined by population size and available genetic variance. However, the adaptability of spatially structured populations may also be affected by dispersal: positively by spreading beneficial mutations across sub-populations, but negatively by moving locally adapted alleles between demes. We develop an individual-based, two-patch, allelic model to investigate...
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