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The genetic signature of rapid range expansions: How dispersal, growth and invasion speed impact heterozygosity and allele surfing.
Theoretical population biology - 1 Dec 2014
Goodsman Devin W, Cooke Barry, Coltman David W, Lewis Mark A
Abstract excerpt
As researchers collect spatiotemporal population and genetic data in tandem, models that connect demography and dispersal to genetics are increasingly relevant. The dominant spatiotemporal model of invasion genetics is the stepping-stone model which represents a gradual range expansion in which individuals jump to uncolonized locations one step at a time. However, many range expansions occur quickly as...
Topics
- Algorithms
- Alleles
- Animals
- Computer Simulation
- Demography
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Models, Genetic
- Models, Statistical
- Mutation