Reduced inbreeding depression after species range expansion.
Many species expanded their geographic ranges from core "refugium" populations when the global climate warmed after the Pleistocene. The bottlenecks that occur during such range expansions diminish genetic variation in marginal populations, rendering them less responsive to selection. Here...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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