Long-term balancing selection drives evolution of immunity genes in Capsella
Genetic drift is expected to remove polymorphism from populations over long periods of time, with the rate of polymorphism loss being accelerated when species experience strong reductions in population size. Adaptive forces that maintain genetic variation in populations, or balancing selection, migh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-02-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/43606 |