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Plant populations are replete with genetic variation which often forms patterns in space. The pattern may coincide with that of the environment as a result of disruptive selection favoring different genotypes in different environments. A genotypic mosaic may develop independent of the environmental mosaic as a result of genetic drift within an established population or founder effect early in the history of the population. Genetic differentiation occurs within the context of demographic processes, and thus is best understood within this context (Jain, 1975, 1976; Solbrig, 1980; Ennos, 1984; Bradshaw, 1984; Rice and Jain, 1985). It occurs while a population is growing in area and number, and changing in population density and patch structure. Genetic differentiation emerges in the face of gene flow, which itself is a function of plant density and patch structure.
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Levin, D.A. (1988). Local differentiation and the breeding structure of plant populations. In: Gottlieb, L.D., Jain, S.K. (eds) Plant Evolutionary Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1207-6_12
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