Migration (genetics)

When migrating the designated population genetics import and migration of individuals between different populations of a species. This is an exchange between the gene pool of populations instead of ( gene flow ). If the migration rate is high enough, inbreeding and homozygosity of small populations can be reduced and the effects of genetic drift are also reduced through migration.

literature

• Wilhelm Seyffert (Ed.): Textbook of Genetics . 2nd edition, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, 2003, p. 496 ff., ISBN 3-8274-1022-3