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Adaptation–not by sweeps alone

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Pritchard, Jonathan K., Di Rienzo, Anna·2010·Nature Reviews Genetics

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There has been recent progress in identifying selective sweeps underlying a range of adaptations. Jonathan Pritchard and Anna Di Rienzo argue that many adaptive events in natural populations may occur by polygenic adaptation, which would largely go undetected by conventional methods for detecting selection.

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  • Selective sweep scans are limited in their ability to detect polygenic adaptation of complex traits that may be due to small shifts in allele frequency at many loci.

    “Selective sweep scans are limited in their ability to detect polygenic adaptation of complex traits that may be due to small shifts in allele frequency at many loci (Pritchard and Di Rienzo 2010).”

    From The neural crest cell hypothesis: no unified explanation for domestication (2021) · cites this paper as Pritchard and Di Rienzo 2010

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Authors
Pritchard, J. K., & Di Rienzo, A.
Affiliations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Venue
Nature Reviews Genetics
Published
2010-09-14
Volume
11
Issue
10
Pages
665-667
ISSN
  • 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0064
OpenAlex
W1525285200
Cited by
445
References
24
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH084703, MH84703)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM79558, R01GM079558)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK 56670, R01DK056670)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
polygenic adaptation, selective sweeps, natural selection, adaptation, quantitative traits
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Genetics, Population, Humans, Selection, Genetic, Evolution, Molecular, Multifactorial Inheritance

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