Genetic isolation of fragmented populations is exacerbated by drift and selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 534-542

  Willi, Yvonne ^a,b,d   Van Buskirk, J ^a,b   Schmid, B ^a   Fischer, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Genetic divergence; Genetic drift; Habitat fragmentation; Population size; Ranunculus reptans

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE;

ARTICLE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RANUNCULACEAE;

GENETIC DRIFT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RANUNCULUS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS REPTANS;

EID: 33847017592     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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