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We examined genetic variation, gene flow, and population structure at five microsatellite loci in samples from five pre-fur trade populations throughout the sea otter’s historical range:

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Can someone explain what this sentence means?

We examined genetic variation, gene flow, and population structure at five microsatellite loci in samples from five pre-fur trade populations throughout the sea otter’s historical range:

jadebirdfly · Answer

@Greyotter

anonymous · Answer

They looked for the movement of traits in one population that moved to another (gene flow) during the period before the population dipped from the French fur trade spike.

anonymous · Answer

How likely they were to find certain traits/allele moving from population to another.*

jadebirdfly · Answer

thanks