gene flow
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneandflow
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gene
noun[C]
uk/dʒiːn/us/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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flow
noun
uk/fləʊ/us/floʊ/
the movement of something in ...
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(Definition ofgeneandflowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consequently, inbreeding depression due to lethal mutations remains unchanged for all levels ofgeneflow, and results are almost identical to those for single populations.
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With a continuum of alleles,geneflowinflates the genetic variance in the same way as a source of mutations of small effect.
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In large populations, selection acting on genetic markers may bias estimates ofgeneflow.
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For example,geneflowbetween populations with different mating systems could affect the rate at which purging might occur.
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Analysis of koala populations at intermediate geographic distances would be required to assessgeneflowaccurately.
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Thus, in a two-dimensional population, barriers togeneflowcan be detected through their effect on the spatial pattern of genetic marker alleles.
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The effects of such barriers togenefloware of interest from several points of view.
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It would be interesting to investigate the effects of barriers togeneflowon genealogical structure in more detail.
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Within group genetic differentiation andgenefloware shown on the diagonal in bold.
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Samples from additional populations are required to confirm the picture ofgeneflowpresented here.
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In anticipation of area-wide control programmes, estimates ofgeneflowamong tsetse populations are necessary.
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The effects of such an expansion are to diminish estimates of genetic differentiation which leads to an overestimate ofgeneflow.
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Thus, our estimates ofgenefloware exaggerated, perhaps grossly so.
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Influence ofgeneflowand breeding tactics on gene diversity with populations.
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One explanation is that they simply representgeneflowthat occurs between the cryptic species.
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Correlation of pairwise genetic and geographic distance measures : inferring the relative influences ofgeneflowand drift on the distribution of genetic variability.
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Because of crawlaway juveniles,geneflowis limited and local snail populations could possibly become differentially adapted to trematodes.
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Thus, even if a homozygous hybrid genotype is fitter, it may be very unlikely to be established in the face ofgeneflowand recombination.
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However, escalating divergence of the populations is unlikely in the presence ofgeneflowunless they experience persistently different selection pressures.
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For populations from different continents to share even 'one migrant per generation',geneflowamong populations should in theory be high.
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The occurrence of significantgeneflowbetween populations provides interesting additional supporting evidence for their dispersal potential.
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There has thus probably always been a continuous channel forgeneflowbetween human populations and more intermixture than in other animal groups.
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This term is used to describe subpopulations which are distinguished by behavioural differences, but between which there is still a considerable amount ofgeneflow.
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As such, the host-parasite interaction significantly affects the development of infestations and therefore the potential for transfer of the parasite orgeneflowbetween populations.
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Such a pattern is suggestive of lowgeneflowamong local populations.
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Habitats include the coastal, semi-desert, savannas and forests, some of which may act as physical barriers togeneflow.
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