The maintenance of genetic variation due to asymmetric gene flow in dendritic metapopulations

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 875-889

  Morrissey, Michael B ^a   De Kerckhove, Derrick T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric; Dendritic; Genetic variation; Metapopulations; Migration

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 72449204762     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648311     Document Type: Article

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