Detecting positive selection in the genome
Abstract Population geneticists have long sought to understand the contribution of natural selection to molecular evolution. A variety of approaches have been proposed that use population genetics theory to quantify the rate and strength of positive selection acting in a species’ genome. In this rev...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0434-y |