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RAD sequencing reveals within-generation polygenic selection in response to anthropogenic organic and metal contamination in North Atlantic Eels.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2016
Laporte M, Pavey S A, Rougeux C, Pierron F, Lauzent M, Budzinski H, Labadie P, Geneste E, Couture P, Baudrimont M, Bernatchez L
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Measuring the effects of selection on the genome imposed by human-altered environment is currently a major goal in ecological genomics. Given the polygenic basis of most phenotypic traits, quantitative genetic theory predicts that selection is expected to cause subtle allelic changes among covarying loci rather than pronounced changes at few loci of large effects. The goal of this study was to test for the...
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