Article
Using genome scans of DNA polymorphism to infer adaptive population divergence.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2005
Storz Jay F
Abstract excerpt
Elucidating the genetic basis of adaptive population divergence is a goal of central importance in evolutionary biology. In principle, it should be possible to identify chromosomal regions involved in adaptive divergence by screening genome-wide patterns of DNA polymorphism to detect the locus-specific signature of positive directional selection. In the case of spatially separated populations that inhabit...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genome
- Genomics
- Models, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Selection, Genetic