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Is there a genetic paradox of biological invasion?

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Estoup A., Ravigné V., Hufbauer R.A., Vitalis R., Gautier M., Facon B.
2016

Bottlenecks in population size can reduce fitness and evolutionary potential, yet introduced species often become invasive. This poses a dilemma referred to as the genetic paradox of invasion. Three characteristics must hold true for an introduced population to be considered paradoxical in this sense. First, it must pass through a bottleneck that reduces genetic variation. Second, despite the ...

Ecologie végétale; Ecologie animale

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