Effects of polymorphism for locally adapted genes on rates of neutral introgression in structured populations.
Adaptation to local conditions within demes balanced by migration can maintain polymorphisms for variants that reduce fitness in certain ecological contexts. Here, we address the effects of such polymorphisms on the rate of introgression of neutral marker genes, possibly genetically linked to targets of selection. Barriers to neutral gene flow are expected to increase with linkage to targets of local selection and with differences between demes in the frequencies of locally adapted alleles. This expectation is borne out under purifying and disruptive selection, regimes that promote monomorphism within demes. In contrast, overdominance within demes induces minimal barriers to neutral introgression even in the face of very large differences between demes in the frequencies of locally adapted alleles. Further, segregation distortion, a phenomenon observed in a number of interspecific hybrids, can in fact promote transmission by migrants to future generations at rates exceeding those of residents.
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- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Evolutionary Biology
- Adaptation, Physiological
- 4901 Applied mathematics
- 3104 Evolutionary biology
- 3103 Ecology
- 0604 Genetics
- 0602 Ecology
- 0501 Ecological Applications
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
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Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Evolutionary Biology
- Adaptation, Physiological
- 4901 Applied mathematics
- 3104 Evolutionary biology
- 3103 Ecology
- 0604 Genetics
- 0602 Ecology
- 0501 Ecological Applications