Determinants of genetic diversity

H Ellegren, N Galtier - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic polymorphism varies among species and within genomes, and has important
implications for the evolution and conservation of species. The determinants of this variation …

Effects of selection at linked sites on patterns of genetic variability

B Charlesworth, JD Jensen - Annual review of ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Patterns of variation and evolution at a given site in a genome can be strongly influenced by
the effects of selection at genetically linked sites. In particular, the recombination rates of …

A high‐density linkage map enables a second‐generation collared flycatcher genome assembly and reveals the patterns of avian recombination rate variation and …

T Kawakami, L Smeds, N Backström, A Husby… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed linkage and recombination rate maps are necessary to use the full potential of
genome sequencing and population genomic analyses. We used a custom collared …

Detecting positive selection in the genome

TR Booker, BC Jackson, PD Keightley - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Population geneticists have long sought to understand the contribution of natural selection
to molecular evolution. A variety of approaches have been proposed that use population …

Molecular population genetics

S Casillas, A Barbadilla - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Molecular population genetics aims to explain genetic variation and molecular evolution
from population genetics principles. The field was born 50 years ago with the first measures …

Causes of natural variation in fitness: Evidence from studies of Drosophila populations

B Charlesworth - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
DNA sequencing has revealed high levels of variability within most species. Statistical
methods based on population genetics theory have been applied to the resulting data and …

Evolution and plasticity of genome-wide meiotic recombination rates

IR Henderson, K Bomblies - Annual review of genetics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Sex, as well as meiotic recombination between homologous chromosomes, is nearly
ubiquitous among eukaryotes. In those species that use it, recombination is important for …

The impact of purifying and background selection on the inference of population history: problems and prospects

P Johri, K Riall, H Becher, L Excoffier… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Current procedures for inferring population history generally assume complete neutrality—
that is, they neglect both direct selection and the effects of selection on linked sites. We here …

Population genomics: advancing understanding of nature

G Luikart, M Kardos, BK Hand, OP Rajora… - Population genomics …, 2019 - Springer
Population genomics is advancing our understanding of evolution, ecology, conservation,
agriculture, forestry, and human health by allowing new and long-standing questions to be …

Deleterious mutation accumulation and the long-term fate of chromosomal inversionsFree GPT-4

EL Berdan, A Blanckaert, RK Butlin, C Bank - PLoS genetics, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Chromosomal inversions contribute widely to adaptation and speciation, yet they present a
unique evolutionary puzzle as both their allelic content and frequency evolve in a feedback …