Selfing ability and drift load evolve with range expansion

Abstract Colonization at expanding range edges often involves few founders, reducing effective population size. This process can promote the evolution of self‐fertilization, but implicating historical processes as drivers of trait evolution is often difficult and requires an explicit model of biogeo...

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Main Authors: Matthew H. Koski, Nathan C. Layman, Carly J. Prior, Jeremiah W. Busch, Laura F. Galloway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019-10-01
Series:Evolution Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.136