A survey of methods and tools to detect recent and strong positive selection
Abstract Positive selection occurs when an allele is favored by natural selection. The frequency of the favored allele increases in the population and due to genetic hitchhiking the neighboring linked variation diminishes, creating so-called selective sweeps. Detecting traces of positive selection i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biological Research - Thessaloniki |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40709-017-0064-0 |