Local adaptation at the range peripheries of Sitka spruce
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Divergent selection and heterogeneous migration rates across the range of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis).
Gene flow and effective population size (N(e)) should depend on a population's position within its range: those near the edges are expected to have smaller N(e) and lower relative emigration rates, whereas those nearer the centre should have larger N(e) and higher relative emigration rates. In species with continuous ranges, this phenomenon may limit the ability of peripheral populations to res...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1010-061X,1420-9101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01910.x