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Natural selection acts on epigenetic marks

2020-07-04

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In the study of molecular features like epigenetic marks, it is appealing to ascribe observed patterns to the action of natural selection. However, this conclusion requires a test for selection based on a well-defined notion of neutrality. Here, focusing on epigenetic marks at gene loci, we formalize what it means for an epigenetic mark to be neutral, and develop a test for selection. Our test respects the foundat...

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Literature Corpus work: 33237faf-156c-5f73-9945-50078d38104c
DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.04.187880

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