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Impact Tracking Database: Submission #530
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Submission Number: 530
Submission ID: 62757
Submission UUID: b1cee283-58d2-40e1-9eb3-f80392bbc39b
Submission URI: /impact-tracking
Created: Mon, 24/10/2022
Completed: Mon, 24/10/2022
Changed: Mon, 24/10/2022
Remote IP address: 88.152.186.160
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Webform: Impact Tracking Database
Submitted to: Impact Tracking Database
Is Genetic Variation Lower in Insular Species Populations? Researchers Use IPBES Approach to Conduct Quantitative Literature Review
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Researchers undertook a quantitative assessment of the genetic properties of small and isolated populations considered to fall into the “insular” category. The 2019 IPBES Global Assessment emphasized the importance of formal consideration of ecosystems considered to be “insular” due to their inherent vulnerability. These insular populations are expected to suffer from lower levels of genetic diversity, particularly when they are small, and scientists undertaking this research intended to find this out.
The researchers concluded that “insularity had relatively minor effects on genetic diversity within and among populations, which points to the more important role of other factors in shaping evolutionary processes…insularity influenced genetic diversity in a study system when genetic diversity was high even in non-insular populations of the same study system—suggesting an important role for the scope’ of influences on genetic diversity.”
The researchers concluded that “insularity had relatively minor effects on genetic diversity within and among populations, which points to the more important role of other factors in shaping evolutionary processes…insularity influenced genetic diversity in a study system when genetic diversity was high even in non-insular populations of the same study system—suggesting an important role for the scope’ of influences on genetic diversity.”
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