%0 Book Section %1 mayr1954change %A Mayr, Ernst %B Evolution as a Process %C London %D 1954 %E J Huxley, A C Hardy %E Ford, E B %I Allen and Unwin %K bean-bag_genetics biogeography budding_speciation classics clines epistasis gene_flow island_adaptation linkage local_adaptation peripheral_populations speciation %T Change of Genetic Environment and Evolution %U https://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ridley/classictexts/mayr.pdf %X That mutation, recombination, selection and isolation are the four cornerstones of evolution is now generally acknowledged. The way in which these factors interact int he various evolutionary processes and the role played by diverse subsidary factors are, however,, by no means fully clarified. In particular, the role of one factor, a sudden change in the genetic environment, seems never to have been properly considered. That this factor might be exceedingly important in the evolutionary process occurred to me when studying a puzzling phenomenon, frequently encountered by the systematist, the conspicuous difference of most peripherally isolated populations of species.

@inbook{mayr1954change, abstract = {That mutation, recombination, selection and isolation are the four cornerstones of evolution is now generally acknowledged. The way in which these factors interact int he various evolutionary processes and the role played by diverse subsidary factors are, however,, by no means fully clarified. In particular, the role of one factor, a sudden change in the genetic environment, seems never to have been properly considered. That this factor might be exceedingly important in the evolutionary process occurred to me when studying a puzzling phenomenon, frequently encountered by the systematist, the conspicuous difference of most peripherally isolated populations of species.}, added-at = {2016-03-22T05:06:37.000+0100}, address = {London}, author = {Mayr, Ernst}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f9787aabfd24dc558dcba1f09ab686f6/peter.ralph}, booktitle = {Evolution as a Process}, description = {Origin of the term "founder effect". Suggests in large populations alleles must get along with everyone, so "good mixers" are favored; in small ones there's less variation, so "good soloists" are more common.}, editor = {J Huxley, A C Hardy and Ford, E B}, interhash = {0fdc2e4ddded4d1e8f68b37545baa6ca}, intrahash = {f9787aabfd24dc558dcba1f09ab686f6}, keywords = {bean-bag_genetics biogeography budding_speciation classics clines epistasis gene_flow island_adaptation linkage local_adaptation peripheral_populations speciation}, publisher = {Allen and Unwin}, timestamp = {2017-07-18T05:42:17.000+0200}, title = {Change of Genetic Environment and Evolution}, url = {https://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ridley/classictexts/mayr.pdf}, year = 1954 }