Revisiting an Old Riddle: What Determines Genetic Diversity Levels within Species?
University of Chicago · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · +1 more institution
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Abstract
Understanding why some species have more genetic diversity than others is central to the study of ecology and evolution, and carries potentially important implications for conservation biology. Yet not only does this question remain unresolved, it has largely fallen into disregard. With the rapid decrease in sequencing costs, we argue that it is time to revive it.
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- Diversity (politics)
- Genetic diversity
- Evolutionary biology
- Ecology
- Biology
- Conservation genetics
- Evolutionary ecology
- Biodiversity
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Life in Land
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