A whole-genome scan for evidence of positive and balancing selection in aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) utilizing a well-fit evolutionary baseline model.

Abstract excerpt

The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is one of the 25 most endangered primate species in the world, maintaining amongst the lowest genetic diversity of any primate measured to date. Characterizing patterns of genetic variation within aye-aye populations, and the relative influences of neutral and selective processes in shaping that variation, is thus important for future conservation efforts. In this study,...

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• Evolution, Molecular
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Genome
• Genomics