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Selection for complex traits leaves little or no classic signatures of selection.
BMC genomics - 28 Mar 2014
Kemper Kathryn E, Saxton Sarah J, Bolormaa Sunduimijid, Hayes Benjamin J, Goddard Michael E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Selection signatures aim to identify genomic regions underlying recent adaptations in populations. However, the effects of selection in the genome are difficult to distinguish from random processes, such as genetic drift. Often associations between selection signatures and selected variants for complex traits is assumed even though this is rarely (if ever) tested. In this paper, we use 8 breeds of...
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