The high degree of endemism on Sulawesi has previously been suggested to have vicariant
origins, dating back to 40 Ma. Recent studies, however, suggest that much of Sulawesi's …

Environmental adaptation traits of indigenous African cattle are increasingly being
investigated to respond to the need for sustainable livestock production in the context of …

Selection for new favorable variants can lead to selective sweeps. However, such sweeps
might be rare in the evolution of different species for which polygenic adaptation or selection …

A selective sweep occurs when positive selection drives an initially rare allele to high
population frequency. In nature, the precise parameters of a sweep are seldom known: How …

ALDH2 is a key enzyme in alcohol metabolism that protects cells from acetaldehyde toxicity.
Using iHS, iSAFE and F ST statistics, we identified regulatory acting variants affecting …

Genetic variation harbors signatures of natural selection driven by selective pressures that
are often unknown. Estimating the ages of selection signals may allow reconstructing the …

A major research goal in evolutionary genetics is to uncover loci experiencing positive
selection. One approach involves finding 'selective sweeps' patterns, which can either be …

Little is known on maize germplasm adapted to the African highland agro-ecologies. In this
study, we analyzed high-density genotyping by sequencing (GBS) data of 298 African …

Ancient genome sequencing technologies now provide the opportunity to study natural
selection in unprecedented detail. Rather than making inferences from indirect footprints left …

Genome-wide scans for signals of selection have become a routine part of the analysis of
population genomic variation datasets and have resulted in compelling evidence of …