[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics

P Johri, CF Aquadro, M Beaumont, B Charlesworth… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The field of population genomics has grown rapidly in response to the recent advent of
affordable, large-scale sequencing technologies. As opposed to the situation during the …

On the prospect of achieving accurate joint estimation of selection with population history

P Johri, A Eyre-Walker, RN Gutenkunst… - Genome biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
As both natural selection and population history can affect genome-wide patterns of
variation, disentangling the contributions of each has remained as a major challenge in …

[HTML][HTML] Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

D Taliun, DN Harris, MD Kessler, J Carlson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) programme seeks to elucidate
the genetic architecture and biology of heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, with the …

[HTML][HTML] Population-scale long-read sequencing uncovers transposable elements associated with gene expression variation and adaptive signatures in Drosophila

GE Rech, S Radío, S Guirao-Rico, L Aguilera… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High quality reference genomes are crucial to understanding genome function, structure and
evolution. The availability of reference genomes has allowed us to start inferring the role of …

Demographic History and Natural Selection Shape Patterns of Deleterious Mutation Load and Barriers to Introgression across Populus Genome

S Liu, L Zhang, Y Sang, Q Lai, X Zhang… - Molecular biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Hybridization and resulting introgression are important processes shaping the tree of life
and appear to be far more common than previously thought. However, how the genome …

[HTML][HTML] An approximate full-likelihood method for inferring selection and allele frequency trajectories from DNA sequence data

AJ Stern, PR Wilton, R Nielsen - PLoS Genetics, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Most current methods for detecting natural selection from DNA sequence data are limited in
that they are either based on summary statistics or a composite likelihood, and as a …

The impact of purifying and background selection on the inference of population history: problems and prospects

P Johri, K Riall, H Becher, L Excoffier… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Current procedures for inferring population history generally assume complete neutrality—
that is, they neglect both direct selection and the effects of selection on linked sites. We here …

Background selection and FST: Consequences for detecting local adaptation

R Matthey‐Doret, MC Whitlock - Molecular ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background selection is a process whereby recurrent deleterious mutations cause a
decrease in the effective population size and genetic diversity at linked loci. Several authors …

[HTML][HTML] Selective sweeps on novel and introgressed variation shape mimicry loci in a butterfly adaptive radiation

M Moest, SM Van Belleghem, JE James, C Salazar… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Natural selection leaves distinct signatures in the genome that can reveal the targets and
history of adaptive evolution. By analysing high-coverage genome sequence data from 4 …

Broad-scale variation in human genetic diversity levels is predicted by purifying selection on coding and non-coding elements

DA Murphy, E Elyashiv, G Amster, G Sella - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Analyses of genetic variation in many taxa have established that neutral genetic diversity is
shaped by natural selection at linked sites. Whether the mode of selection is primarily the …