Transposable elements as agents of rapid adaptation may explain the genetic paradox of invasive species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2241-2252

  Stapley, Jessica ^a   Santure, Anna W ^b   Dennis, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

evolutionary genetics; genomics; introduced species; loci of adaptation; mobile elements; naturalized species; nonfunctional DNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRANSPOSON;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84928585446     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13089     Document Type: Article

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