Article
How is adaptive potential distributed within species ranges?
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2021
Pennington Lillie K, Slatyer Rachel A, Ruiz-Ramos Dannise V, Veloz Samuel D, Sexton Jason P
Abstract excerpt
Quantitative genetic variation (QGV) represents a major component of adaptive potential and, if reduced toward range-edge populations, could prevent a species' expansion or adaptive response to rapid ecological change. It has been hypothesized that QGV will be lower at the range edge due to small populations-often the result of poor habitat quality-and potentially decreased gene flow. However, whether central...
Topics
- Ecosystem
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Variation