Maintenance of adaptive dynamics and no detectable load in a range-edge out-crossing plant population
M. Takou, T. Hämälä, E. Koch, K. A. Steige, H. Dittberner, L. Yant, M. Genete, S. Sunyaev, V. Castric, X. Vekemans, O. Savolainen, J. de Meaux
The paper examines a range-edge population of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp petraea and finds it maintains adaptive dynamics and no detectable fitness load despite genetic drift and increased genomic burden of deleterious mutations.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2020Evolutionary Biology