Article
Genetic and morphological differentiation in Populus nigra L.: isolation by colonization or isolation by adaptation?
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2015
DeWoody Jennifer, Trewin Harriet, Taylor Gail
Abstract excerpt
Identifying processes underlying the genetic and morphological differences among populations is a central question of evolutionary biology. Forest trees typically contain high levels of neutral genetic variation, and genetic differences are often correlated with geographic distance between populations [isolation by distance (IBD)] or are due to historic vicariance events [isolation by colonization (IBC)]. In...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Climate
- Ecotype
- Europe
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Pool
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Phenotype
- Populus