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Understanding how organisms adapt to their local environment is a major focus of evolutionary biology. Local adaptation occurs when the forces of divergent natural selection are strong enough compared to the action of other evolutionary forces. An improved understanding of the genetic basis of local adaptation can inform about the evolutionary processes in populations and is of major importance because of its relevance to altered selection pressures due to climate change. So far, most insights have been gained by studying model organisms, but our understanding about the genetic basis of local adaptation in wild populations of species with little genomic resources is still limited. With the work presented in this thesis I therefore set out to provide insights into the genetic basis of local adaptation in populations of two voles species: the common vole (Microtus arvalis) and the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). Both voles species are small mammals, they have a high evolutionary potential compared to their dispersal capabilities and ...
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Dissertation Universität Potsdam 2020
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Folkertsma, Remco Evolutionary adaptation to climate in microtine mammals Potsdam, 2020
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English
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DOI:
10.25932/publishup-47680
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-476807
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