Genetic isolation by environment or distance: Which pattern of gene flow is most common?

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Sexton, Jason P ^a   Hangartner, Sandra B ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental management; Isolation by distance; Isolation by ecology; Isolation by environment; Swamping gene flow

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; ISOLATION BY ECOLOGY; ISOLATION BY ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SWAMPING GENE FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; ISOLATION BY ECOLOGY; ISOLATION BY ENVIRONMENT; SWAMPING GENE FLOW;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

EID: 84890876356     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12258     Document Type: Article

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