The maintenance of diversity in Amazonia

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Table of contents

INTRODUCTION – Evolution in Amazonia
1. Short overview of the Amazonian rainforest
2. The building of biodiversity in Amazonia
3. The maintenance of diversity in Amazonia: a subtle combination of chance and determinism
4. Spatial heterogeneity in the Amazonian rainforest
5. Tree species model, research questions and study sites
PART 1 – Molecular evolution: population genetics and genomics
1. Population evolution
2. Population differentiation: the complex interplay between gene flow, selection, and drift.
3. Neutral differentiation
4. Adaptive differentiation
5. Next generation sequencing / genotyping and new opportunities
PART II – Phenotypic evolution and quantitative genetics
1. Causes of phenotypic variation
2. Phenotypic evolution in populations
3. Phenotypic differentiation
DISCUSSION
1. Neutralism and adaptation in Eperua falcata
2. Open questions and perspectives
3. Importance of assessing genetic diversity in a changing world
PhD RESULTS & DEVELOPMENT OF BIOINFORMATIC TOOLS
Article n°1 ­ Molecular divergence in tropical tree populations occupying environmental mosaics