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Balancing selection maintains hyper-divergent haplotypes in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Jun 2021
Lee Daehan, Zdraljevic Stefan, Stevens Lewis, Wang Ye, Tanny Robyn E, Crombie Timothy A, Cook Daniel E, Webster Amy K, Chirakar Rojin, Baugh L Ryan, Sterken Mark G, Braendle Christian, Félix Marie-Anne, Rockman Matthew V, Andersen Erik C
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Across diverse taxa, selfing species have evolved independently from outcrossing species thousands of times. The transition from outcrossing to selfing decreases the effective population size, effective recombination rate and heterozygosity within a species. These changes lead to a reduction in genetic diversity, and therefore adaptive potential, by intensifying the effects of random genetic drift and linked...
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