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Does selection or genetic drift explain geographic differentiation of morphological characters in house sparrows Passer domesticus?

Genetics research - 1 Oct 2011

Holand Anna M, Jensen Henrik, Tufto Jarle, Moe Rune

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Understanding the relative influence of genetic drift and selection is fundamental in evolutionary biology. The theory of neutrality predicts that the genetic differentiation of a quantitative trait (QST) equals the genetic differentiation at neutral molecular markers (FST) if the quantitative trait has not been under selection. Thus, the relative magnitude of observed QST and expected QST under neutral...

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PMID: 21859501
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672311000267

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