Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: What is the probability that autopolyploids establish in a novel, unoccupied habitat, and how is this affected by selfing and assortative mating? Using a modelling approach, Zwaenepoel (2025) found that, following a single migration event, autopolyploids are more likely than diploids to establish under a wide range of circumstances. The author also found that, under continuous migration, the rate of migration, along with factors such as selfing and assortative mating, affects the time to autopolyploid establishment. These findings help to explain how polyploids may colonize more extreme peripheral habitats.
Source: Evolution
Author: Karin Gross
Institution: University of Salzburg
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4417535725