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Rejection of the genetic implications of the "Abundant Centre Hypothesis" in marine mussels.
Scientific reports - 17 Jan 2020
Ntuli Noxolo N, Nicastro Katy R, Zardi Gerardo I, Assis Jorge, McQuaid Christopher D, Teske Peter R
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The 'Abundant-Centre Hypothesis' is a well-established but controversial hypothesis stating that the abundance of a species is highest at the centre of its range and decreases towards the edges, where conditions are unfavourable. As genetic diversity depends on population size, edge populations are expected to show lower intra-population genetic diversity than core populations, while showing high inter-population...
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