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Outcomes of reciprocal invasions between genetically diverse and genetically uniform populations of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Daphnia obtusa</Emphasis> (Kurz)
Authors:N?Tagg  D?J?Innes  Email author" target="_blank">C?P?DoncasterEmail author
Institution:(1) School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 7PX, UK;(2) Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John’s, Newfoundland, A1B 3X9, Canada
Abstract:Ecological theory predicts that genetic variation produced by sexual reproduction results in niche diversification and provides a competitive advantage both to facilitate invasion into genetically uniform asexual populations and to withstand invasion by asexual competitors. We tested the hypothesis that a large group of diverse clones of Daphnia obtusa has greater competitive advantage when invading into genetically uniform populations of this species than a smaller group with inherently less genetic diversity. We compared competitive outcomes to those of genetically uniform groups of small and large size invading into genetically diverse populations. Genetically diverse invaders of initially large group size increased their representation by more than those of initially small size; in contrast, genetically uniform invaders of initially large group size diminished on average by more than those of initially small size. These results demonstrate an advantage to the genetic variation produced by sexual reproduction, both in invasion and resisting invasion, which we attribute to competitive release experienced by individuals in genetically diverse populations.
Keywords:Cost of males  Cost of sex  Density dependence  Niche breadth
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