How bottlenecks shape adaptive potential: from theory and microbiology to conservation biology

Abstract excerpt

Wild populations frequently undergo demographic changes that can destabilize their persistence and, thus, the equilibrium of ecosystems. For instance, habitat loss due to human activities leads to a drastic population size reduction, a process called a bottleneck. By reducing genetic diversity, a bottleneck may prevent a population from adapting to subsequent environmental changes. In the context of climate change...

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• Adaptation, Biological
• Adaptation, Physiological
• Biological Evolution
• Genetic Variation
• Mutation
• Mutation Rate
• Population Density
• Selection, Genetic

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Literature Corpus work

bf1ad0a7-1553-591b-8809-158da0044eb6

DOI

10.32942/x2m608