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Gene flow and selection interact to promote adaptive divergence in regions of low recombination.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2017
Samuk Kieran, Owens Gregory L, Delmore Kira E, Miller Sara E, Rennison Diana J, Schluter Dolph
Abstract excerpt
Adaptation to new environments often occurs in the face of gene flow. Under these conditions, gene flow and recombination can impede adaptation by breaking down linkage disequilibrium between locally adapted alleles. Theory predicts that this decay can be halted or slowed if adaptive alleles are tightly linked in regions of low recombination, potentially favouring divergence and adaptive evolution in these...
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