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Ecology

the expectation that colonists founding populations after long-distance dispersal will tend to be self-compatible, since one individual can start a population.

In ecology, Baker's law refers to the expectation that colonists founding populations after long-distance dispersal will tend to be self-compatible, since one individual can start a population. This meaning comes from Baker (1955) in Evolution.[1]

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References

Baker, H. G. (1955). Self-compatibility and Establishment After ‘“long-distance” Dispersal. Evolution, 9(3), 347-349. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1955.tb01544.x

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