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    Testing the effects of gene flow on adaptation, fitness, and demography in wild populations

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    Abstract
    Gene flow should reduce differences among populations, potentially limiting adaptation and population growth. But small populations stand to benefit from gene flow through genetic and demographic factors such as heterosis, added genetic variation, and the contribution of immigrants. Understanding the consequences of gene flow is a longstanding and unresolved challenge in evolutionary biology with important implications for conservation of biodiversity. My dissertation research addresses the importance of gene flow from evolutionary and conservation perspectives. In the first study of my ...
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    Author(s)
    Fitzpatrick, Sarah Warner

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    Funk, W. Chris

    Date Issued
    2015
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    born digital; doctoral dissertations
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