Crossing the threshold: Gene flow, dominance and the critical level of standing genetic variation required for adaptation to novel environments

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2665-2671

  Nuismer, S L ^a   Macpherson, A ^a   Rosenblum, E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dominance; Migration; Range expansion; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANCESTRY; DOMINANCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; ISOLATED POPULATION; MIGRATION; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; RANGE EXPANSION; THRESHOLD;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMINANT GENE; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; RECESSIVE GENE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FLOW; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84869237644     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12002     Document Type: Article

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