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Genetic variation during range expansion: effects of habitat novelty and hybridization.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 12 Apr 2017
Pierce Amanda A, Gutierrez Rafael, Rice Amber M, Pfennig Karin S
Abstract excerpt
How species' ranges evolve remains an enduring problem in ecology and evolutionary biology. Species' range limits are potentially set by the inability of peripheral populations to adapt to range-edge habitat. Indeed, peripheral populations are often assumed to have reduced genetic diversity and population sizes, which limit evolvability. However, support for this assumption is mixed, possibly because the genetic...
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