Article
Adaptive maintenance of European alleles in the Brazilian Africanized honeybee.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2017
Harpur Brock A
Abstract excerpt
The Anthropocene is an epoch hallmarked by intensified human intrusion across ecosystems. One such intrusion is the movement and re-introduction of long-separated populations. By facilitating introgression - intraspecific genetic admixture - secondary contact can facilitate range expansion and the establishment of invasive species. The proximate mechanisms through which introgression facilitates expansion are...
Topics
- Acclimatization
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Alleles
- Animals
- Bees
- Brazil
- Ecology