Adaptation, ancestral variation and gene flow in a 'Sky Island' Drosophila species.

Abstract excerpt

Over time, populations of species can expand, contract, fragment and become isolated, creating subpopulations that must adapt to local conditions. Understanding how species maintain variation after divergence as well as adapt to these changes in the face of gene flow is of great interest, especially as the current climate crisis has caused range shifts and frequent migrations for many species. Here, we...

Topics

• Acclimatization
• Adaptation, Physiological
• Animals
• Drosophila
• Gene Flow
• Genetic Variation
• Islands