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Expansion Load

Expansion Load is a theoretical construct in evolutionary ecology that refers to the accumulation of deleterious genetic variants in a population as a consequence of repeated founder events during range expansion.

21

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1.7K

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79

Authors

57

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

21

On the accumulation of deleterious mutations during range expansions

Stephan Peischl, Isabelle Dupanloup, Mark Kirkpatrick et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2013 · 363 citations

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Distance from sub-Saharan Africa predicts mutational load in diverse human genomes

Brenna M. Henn, Laura R. Botigué, Stephan Peischl et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 313 citations · Full text

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Expansion Load and the Evolutionary Dynamics of a Species Range

Stephan Peischl, Mark Kirkpatrick, Laurent Excoffier · The American Naturalist · 2015 · 202 citations · Full text

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Expansion load: recessive mutations and the role of standing genetic variation

Stephan Peischl, Laurent Excoffier · Molecular Ecology · 2015 · 190 citations

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Local Adaptation Interacts with Expansion Load during Range Expansion: Maladaptation Reduces Expansion Load

Kimberly J. Gilbert, Nathaniel P. Sharp, Amy L. Angert et al. · The American Naturalist · 2017 · 109 citations · Full text

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Authors

79

  1. SP
    Stephan Peischl

    SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

    8

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  2. LE
    Laurent Excoffier

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

    6

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  3. KJ
    Kimberly J. Gilbert

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    4 publications · 195 citations

    4

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  4. ID
    Isabelle Dupanloup

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    3 publications · 692 citations

    3

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  5. QR
    Quentin Rougemont

    Université Laval, Canada

    2 publications · 79 citations

    2

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Institutions

57

  1. SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    3.1K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Fondation Jean Dausset-CEPH

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    329 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    928 citations

  7. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    987 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    329 citations

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Venues

  1. Molecular Ecology

    3 publications · 575 citations

    3

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 3 publications · 363 citations

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  3. PLoS Genetics

    3 publications · 102 citations

    3

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  4. Evolution

    2 publications · 100 citations

    2

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  5. Fuel

    2 publications · 59 citations

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