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Determinants of genetic variation across eco-evolutionary scales in pinnipeds.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Aug 2020
Peart Claire R, Tusso Sergio, Pophaly Saurabh D, Botero-Castro Fidel, Wu Chi-Chih, Aurioles-Gamboa David, Baird Amy B, Bickham John W, Forcada Jaume, Galimberti Filippo, Gemmell Neil J, Hoffman Joseph I, Kovacs Kit M, Kunnasranta Mervi, Lydersen Christian, Nyman Tommi, de Oliveira Larissa Rosa, Orr Anthony J, Sanvito Simona, Valtonen Mia, Shafer Aaron B A, Wolf Jochen B W
Abstract excerpt
The effective size of a population (Ne), which determines its level of neutral variability, is a key evolutionary parameter. Ne can substantially depart from census sizes of present-day breeding populations (NC) as a result of past demographic changes, variation in life-history traits and selection at linked sites. Using genome-wide data we estimated the long-term coalescent Ne for 17 pinniped species represented...
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