Detecting adaptive evolution based on association with ecological gradients: orientation matters!

doi:10.1038/hdy.2015.7

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Detecting adaptive evolution based on association with ecological gradients: orientation matters!

Heredity - 1 Jul 2015

Frichot E, Schoville S D, de Villemereuil P, Gaggiotti O E, François O

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Population genetic signatures of local adaptation are frequently investigated by identifying loci with allele frequencies that exhibit high correlation with ecological variables. One difficulty with this approach is that ecological associations might be confounded by geographic variation at selec...

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Adaptation, Physiological
Biological Evolution
Climate Change
Ecology
Ecosystem
Gene Frequency
Genetic Loci
Genotype
Linear Models
Models, Genetic
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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