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Models for Eco-Evolutionary Extinction Vortices under Balancing Selection.
The American naturalist - 1 Mar 2021
Nabutanyi Peter, Wittmann Meike J
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AbstractThe smaller a population is, the faster it loses genetic diversity as a result of genetic drift. Loss of genetic diversity can reduce population growth rate, making populations even smaller and more vulnerable to loss of genetic diversity. Ultimately, the population can be driven to extinction by this "eco-evolutionary extinction vortex." While there are already quantitative models for extinction vortices...
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