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Long-term balancing selection contributes to adaptation in Arabidopsis and its relatives.
Genome biology - 15 Nov 2017
Wu Qiong, Han Ting-Shen, Chen Xi, Chen Jia-Fu, Zou Yu-Pan, Li Zi-Wen, Xu Yong-Chao, Guo Ya-Long
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BACKGROUND: In contrast to positive selection, which reduces genetic variation by fixing beneficial alleles, balancing selection maintains genetic variation within a population or species and plays crucial roles in adaptation in diverse organisms. However, which genes, genome-wide, are under balancing selection and the extent to which these genes are involved in adaptation are largely unknown. RESULTS: We...
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