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Positive correlation between genetic diversity and fitness in a large, well-connected metapopulation

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Title
Positive correlation between genetic diversity and fitness in a large, well-connected metapopulation
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BMC Biology, November 2008
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-6-46
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Sofie Vandewoestijne, Nicolas Schtickzelle, Michel Baguette

Abstract

Theory predicts that lower dispersal, and associated gene flow, leads to decreased genetic diversity in small isolated populations, which generates adverse consequences for fitness, and subsequently for demography. Here we report for the first time this effect in a well-connected natural butterfly metapopulation with high population densities at the edge of its distribution range.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 2 <1%
Colombia 2 <1%
France 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Serbia 1 <1%
Unknown 202 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 50 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 40 19%
Student > Bachelor 29 14%
Student > Master 22 10%
Professor 9 4%
Other 34 16%
Unknown 30 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 119 56%
Environmental Science 30 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 9%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 <1%
Unspecified 1 <1%
Other 6 3%
Unknown 38 18%