Migratory behaviour
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Migration occurs when living organisms move from one biome to another. In most cases organisms migrate to avoid local shortages of food, usually caused by winter or overpopulation. Animals may also migrate to a certain location to breed,
- Animal migratory behavior
- Bird migration ==Human migration==
- Fish migration
- Insect migration
- Whale migration
[edit] Epidemiology and genetics
In population genetics and evolutionary biology, gene flow describes to migration's effect on the genetic makeup of the population migrated into.
==See also
- Animal homing
- Animal navigation
- Human migrations also happen on a large scale, in history and in modern times. Seasonal human migration is very common in agricultural cycles.
- Population genetics
- Population transfer
