Does it make a difference if an organism reproduces in multiple smaller populations versus one larger, if the number of offspring at generation one is held constant? (score is determined by the number of offspring and their relatedness, so the standard game)
Smaller populations are more prone to genetic drift, but in both directions, right?
Does this change somehow if the populations are connected, with different rates of flow depending on the direction?
For example, in humans, migration to the capitals (and in general, urbanization) happens way more often than the converse. I also believe that people are unlikely to migrate between like-sized cities, cause what’s the point, but that’s just an assumption. In this case, for genes to spread from one small population to another, they have to go through the capital first. OTOH, the populations leaving source small population could be more related to the original.
So, uh, in general, how would one find the optimal strategy here? …is there a difference?
Replication crisis: does anyone know of a list of solid, replicated findings in the social sciences? (all I know is that there were 36 in the report by Open Science Collaboration, and those are the ones I can easily find)