Article
Genetics of adaptation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Jul 2022
Bomblies Kirsten, Peichel Catherine L
Abstract excerpt
The rediscovery of Mendel's work showing that the heredity of phenotypes is controlled by discrete genes was followed by the reconciliation of Mendelian genetics with evolution by natural selection in the middle of the last century with the Modern Synthesis. In the past two decades, dramatic advances in genomic methods have facilitated the identification of the loci, genes, and even individual mutations that...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic