Blue Tigers, Black Tapirs, & the Pied Raven of the Faroe Islands

Genetic drift is a concept of population genetics that is central to understanding evolutionary processes and aspects of conservation biology. It is frequently taught using rather abstract representations. I introduce three real-life zoological examples, based on historical and recent color morphs o...

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Published in:The American Biology Teacher
Main Author: Robischon, Marcel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of California Press 2015
Subjects:
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Education
Faroe Islands
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.2.5
https://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/77/2/108/528147/abt_2015_77_2_5.pdf
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Summary:Genetic drift is a concept of population genetics that is central to understanding evolutionary processes and aspects of conservation biology. It is frequently taught using rather abstract representations. I introduce three real-life zoological examples, based on historical and recent color morphs of tigers, tapirs, and ravens, that can complement classical models.

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