Article
The population genetics of evolutionary rescue.
PLoS genetics - 1 Aug 2014
Orr H Allen, Unckless Robert L
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary rescue occurs when a population that is threatened with extinction by an environmental change adapts to the change sufficiently rapidly to survive. Here we extend the mathematical theory of evolutionary rescue. In particular, we model evolutionary rescue to a sudden environmental change when adaptation involves evolution at a single locus. We consider adaptation using either new mutations or alleles...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Alleles
- Biological Evolution
- Environment
- Genetics, Population
- Mathematical Concepts
- Mutation
- Population Density
- Selection, Genetic