Title: Genetic consequences of local population extinction and recolonization
Abstract: Theoretical results have shown that a pattern of local extinction and recolonization can have significant consequences for the genetic structure of subdivided populations; consequences that are relevant to issues in both evolutionary and conservation biology. The nature of those consequences depends largely on the mode of colony formation. Extinction and recolonization can either increase or decrease the genetic differentiation of local populations and can lead to a loss of the genetic diversity stored in an array of populations. Recent ecological studies of two insect species have revealed population structures resembling, in part, that considered in the models. They serve to illustrate the potential complexity of the processes of extinction and recolonizatiion in nature.
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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