Abstract
Most models of spatially structured populations have the same basic format. The population is assumed to be subdivided into demes, which one can think of as ‘islands’ of population. The demes sit at the vertices of a graph and interaction between the subpopulations in different demes is through migration (or more accurately exchange) of individuals along the edges of the graph. The most elementary example is Wright’s island model. This is how he introduced it in (Wright (1943))
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Etheridge, A. (2011). Spatial Structure. In: Some Mathematical Models from Population Genetics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16632-7_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16632-7_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-16631-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-16632-7
eBook Packages: Mathematics and StatisticsMathematics and Statistics (R0)