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Natural selection and random genetic drift as causes of evolution on islands.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 29 Jun 1996

Barton N H

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The evolutionary processes responsible for adaptation and speciation on islands differ in several ways from those on the mainland. Most attention has been given to the random genetic drift that arises when a population is founded from just a few colonizing genomes. Theoretical obstacles to "founder effect speciation' are discussed, together with recent proposals for avoiding them. It is argued that although...

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PMID: 8693020
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0073

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