Environmental patterns of adaptation after range expansion in Leontodon longirostris: The effect of phenological events on fitness-related traits.

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PREMISE: Because of expected range shifts associated with climate change, there is a renewed interest in the evolutionary factors constraining adaptation, among which are genetic bottlenecks, drift, and increased mutational load after range expansion. Here we study adaptation in the short-lived species Leontodon longirostris showing reduced genetic diversity and increased genetic load along an expansion route....

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