Search for dissertations about: "Ciaran Gilchrist"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Ciaran Gilchrist.

  2. 1. Hopeful monsters: The role of hybrids in adaptation : The impact of hybridisation and genetic diversity on adaptation to stressful and novel environments

    Author : Ciaran Gilchrist; Rike Stelkens; Christopher Wheat; Linda Laikre; Mathilde Cordellier; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Experimental evolution; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; population genetics; hybridisation; adaptation; aneuploidy; comparative genomics; evolve-and-resequence; de novo mutations; evolutionary parallelism; populationsgenetik; Population Genetics;

    Abstract : Adaptation to novel environments can only occur if natural selection has the raw material to act upon. But small, endangered populations are often genetically depleted, and the acquisition of beneficial de novo mutations often takes too long when population face quick and extreme environmental change. READ MORE