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Fouad Msanda

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Do island plant populations really have lower genetic variation than mainland populations? Effects of selection and distribution range on genetic div…

2015

Ecological and evolutionary studies largely assume that island populations display low levels of neutral genetic variation. However, this notion has only been formally tested in a few cases involving plant taxa, and the confounding effect of selection on genetic diversity (GD) estimates based on putatively neutral markers has typically been overlooked. Here, we generated nuclear microsatellite and plastid DNA sequence data in Periploca laevigata, a plant taxon with an island–mainland distribution area, to (i) investigate whether selection affects GD estimates of populations across contrasting habitats; and (ii) test the long-standing idea that island populations have lower GD than their mai…

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaDNA PlantSettore AGR/05 - Assestamento Forestale E SelvicolturaRange (biology)Molecular Sequence DataSettore BIO/11 - Biologia MolecolareBiologydirectional selection island–mainland distributions microsatellites neutral markers Periploca laevigata widespread speciesGenetic variationGeneticsPeriplocaSelection GeneticEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsSelection (genetic algorithm)EcosystemIslandsGenetic diversityPeriplocaDirectional selectionEcologyGenetic DriftDNA ChloroplastGenetic Variationbiology.organism_classificationBiological EvolutionGenetics PopulationEvolutionary biologyGenetic LociSpainSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataMicrosatelliteLiterature surveyMicrosatellite Repeats
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Data from: Do island plant populations really have lower genetic variation than mainland populations? Effects of selection and distribution range on …

2015

Ecological and evolutionary studies largely assume that island populations display low levels of neutral genetic variation. However, this notion has only been formally tested in a few cases involving plant taxa, and the confounding effect of selection on genetic diversity (GD) estimates based on putatively neutral markers has typically been overlooked. Here, we generated nuclear microsatellite and plastid DNA sequence data in Periploca laevigata, a plant taxon with an island-mainland distribution area, to (i) investigate whether selection affects GD estimates of populations across contrasting habitats and (ii) test the long-standing idea that island populations have lower GD than their main…

medicine and health carePeriploca laevigataMedicineLife sciencesNatural Selection and Contemporary EvolutionPeriploca angustifolia
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