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High genetic diversity declines towards the geographic range periphery of Adonis vernalis, a Eurasian dry grassland plant.
Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) - 1 Nov 2015
Hirsch H, Wagner V, Danihelka J, Ruprecht E, Sánchez-Gómez P, Seifert M, Hensen I
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity is important for species' fitness and evolutionary processes but our knowledge on how it varies across a species' distribution range is limited. The abundant centre hypothesis (ACH) predicts that populations become smaller and more isolated towards the geographic range periphery - a pattern that in turn should be associated with decreasing genetic diversity and increasing genetic...
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