Determinants of the Efficacy of Natural Selection on Coding and Noncoding Variability in Two Passerine Species

Volume: 9, Issue: 11, Pages: 2987 - 3007
Published: Oct 17, 2017
Abstract
Population genetic theory predicts that selection should be more effective when the effective population size (Ne) is larger, and that the efficacy of selection should correlate positively with recombination rate. Here, we analyzed the genomes of ten great tits and ten zebra finches. Nucleotide diversity at 4-fold degenerate sites indicates that zebra finches have a 2.83-fold larger Ne. We obtained clear evidence that purifying selection is more...
Paper Details
Title
Determinants of the Efficacy of Natural Selection on Coding and Noncoding Variability in Two Passerine Species
Published Date
Oct 17, 2017
Volume
9
Issue
11
Pages
2987 - 3007
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