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Selection at the Y chromosome of the African buffalo driven by rainfall.

PloS one - 31 Oct 2007

van Hooft Pim, Greyling Barend J, Prins Herbert H T, Getz Wayne M, Jolles Anna E, Bastos Armanda D S

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Selection coefficients at the mammalian Y chromosome typically do not deviate strongly from neutrality. Here we show that strong balancing selection, maintaining intermediate frequencies of DNA sequence variants, acts on the Y chromosome in two populations of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Significant correlations exist between sequence variant frequencies and annual rainfall in the years before conception,...

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PMID: 17971851
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001086
PMCID: PMC2034602

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