Admixture with indigenous people helps local adaptation: admixture-enabled selection in Polynesians

Admixture with indigenous people helps local adaptation: admixture-enabled selection in Polynesians

Abstract Background Homo sapiens have experienced admixture many times in the last few thousand years. To examine how admixture affects local adaptation, we investigated genomes of modern Polynesians, who are shaped through admixture between Austronesian-speaking people from Southeast Asia (Asian-re...

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Main Authors: Mariko Isshiki, Izumi Naka, Ryosuke Kimura, Nao Nishida, Takuro Furusawa, Kazumi Natsuhara, Taro Yamauchi, Minato Nakazawa, Takafumi Ishida, Tsukasa Inaoka, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Jun Ohashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Positive selection
Admixture-enabled selection
Admixture
Rapid adaptation
Population genomics
Genetic ancestry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01900-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01900-y

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