Tag Archives: dispersal

Recent reading: 21 Jan 2022

Posted on 21 Jan, 2022 by Jeremy Yoder

The period between semesters is supposed to be quiet. I’ve been mentally dumping things to do into this one — paper revisions, reviewing service, analysis of long-awaited new data, a first draft of a new grant, writing my (eek) application … Continue reading →

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Building bridges across the chaos

Posted on 13 Sep, 2016 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

In a new review, Eldon and co-authors (in press) attempt to build a bridge across the chaos of genetic patchiness in the sea. They i) describe the patterns characterized as chaotic genetic patchiness, ii) discuss the potential causes of these patterns and … Continue reading →

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Dispersal and the rainbow trout takeover

Posted on 22 Jul, 2015 by Rob Denton

I’m going to keep rolling on the dispersal theme from last week and share a new paper by Ryan Kovach and colleagues that demonstrates the balance between dispersal and selection. Specifically, the authors show that this balance dictates the hybridization … Continue reading →

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Dispersal by land or by sea

Posted on 15 Jul, 2015 by Rob Denton

Here, we compare and contrast the traits and selective forces influencing the evolution of dispersal in marine and terrestrial systems. From this comparison, a unifying question emerges: when is dispersal for dispersal and when is dispersal a by-product of selection … Continue reading →

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Mating systems

Posted on 13 Mar, 2015 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

In a new paper, published online in Molecular Ecology, Pannell (2015) reviews the literature on the evolution of mating systems and dispersal in colonizing species as component of a special issue called Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins Legacy.  This issue is … Continue reading →

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