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Ancient and modern stickleback genomes reveal the demographic constraints on adaptation.
Current biology : CB - 10 May 2021
Kirch Melanie, Romundset Anders, Gilbert M Thomas P, Jones Felicity C, Foote Andrew D
Abstract excerpt
Adaptation is typically studied by comparing modern populations with contrasting environments. Individuals persisting in the ancestral habitat are typically used to represent the ancestral founding population; however, it has been questioned whether these individuals are good proxies for the actual ancestors.1 To address this, we applied a paleogenomics approach2 to directly access the ancestral genepool:...
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