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Do island populations have less genetic variation than mainland populations?

Heredity - 1 Mar 1997

Frankham R

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Island populations are much more prone to extinction than mainland populations. The reasons for this remain controversial. If inbreeding and loss of genetic variation are involved, then genetic variation must be lower on average in island than mainland populations. Published data on levels of genetic variation for allozymes, nuclear DNA markers, mitochondrial DNA, inversions and quantitative characters in island...

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PMID: 9119706
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.46

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