Senome-scale analysis of demographic history and adaptive selection

One of the main topics in population genetics is identi- fication of adaptive selection among populations. For this purpose, population history should be correctly inferred to evaluate the effect of random drift and exclude it in selection identification. With the rapid progress in genomics in the p...

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Veröffentlicht in:蛋白质与细胞:英文版 2014 (2), p.99-112
1. Verfasser: Qi Wu Pingping Zheng Yibu Hu Fuwen Wei
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Zusammenfassung:One of the main topics in population genetics is identi- fication of adaptive selection among populations. For this purpose, population history should be correctly inferred to evaluate the effect of random drift and exclude it in selection identification. With the rapid progress in genomics in the past decade, vast genome- scale variations are available for population genetic analysis, which however requires more sophisticated models to infer species' demographic history and robust methods to detect local adaptation. Here we aim to review what have been achieved in the fields of demographic modeling and selection detection. We summarize their rationales, implementations, and some classical applications. We also propose that some widely-used methods can be improved in both theoreti- cal and practical aspects in near future.
ISSN:1674-800X
1674-8018