Article
Soft sweeps III: the signature of positive selection from recurrent mutation.
PLoS genetics - 15 Dec 2006
Pennings Pleuni S, Hermisson Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphism data can be used to identify loci at which a beneficial allele has recently gone to fixation, given that an accurate description of the signature of selection is available. In the classical model that is used, a favored allele derives from a single mutational origin. This ignores the fact that beneficial alleles can enter a population recurrently by mutation during the selective phase. In this study,...
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