Does effective population size affect rates of molecular evolution: Mitochondrial data for host/parasite species pairs in bees suggests not

Does effective population size affect rates of molecular evolution: Mitochondrial data for host/parasite species pairs in bees suggests not

Abstract Adaptive evolutionary theory argues that organisms with larger effective population size (Ne) should have higher rates of adaptive evolution and therefore greater capacity to win evolutionary arm races. However, in some certain cases, species with much smaller Ne may be able to survive besi...

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Main Authors: Nahid Shokri Bousjein, Simon M. Tierney, Michael G. Gardner, Michael P. Schwarz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
neutral theory
obligate social parasitizes
relaxed selection
slightly deleterious mutations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8562

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8562

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