Article
The Population Genetics of Evolutionary Rescue in Diploids: X Chromosomal versus Autosomal Rescue.
The American naturalist - 1 Mar 2020
Unckless Robert L, Orr H Allen
Abstract excerpt
Most population genetic theory assumes that populations adapt to an environmental change without a change in population size. However, environmental changes might be so severe that populations decline in size and, without adaptation, become extinct. This "evolutionary rescue" scenario differs from traditional models of adaptation in that rescue involves a race between adaptation and extinction. While most...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Diploidy
- Genetics, Population
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Population Density
- X Chromosome