Mutation accumulation and the formation of range limits.

Abstract excerpt

The dynamics of range formation are important for understanding and predicting species distributions. Here, we focus on a process that has thus far been overlooked in the context of range formation; the accumulation of mutation load. We find that mutation accumulation severely reduces the extent of a range across an environmental gradient, especially when dispersal is limited, growth rate is low and mutations are...

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• Animal Distribution
• Animal Migration
• Environment
• Genetics, Population
• Models, Theoretical
• Mutation