The effect of sex and diversity on evolutionary rescue in experimental populations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

The environmental change experienced by many contemporary populations of living organisms poses a serious risk to their survival. From the theory of evolutionary rescue we predict that the combination of diversity and sex should increase the probability of survival by increasing genetic variation an...

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Main Author: Lachapelle, Josianne
Other Authors: Graham Bell (Internal/Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2012
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=107908

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