| Title | Adaptation - not by sweeps alone |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Pritchard, JK, Di Rienzo, A |
| Journal | Nature reviews. Genetics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pagination | 665–667 |
| Date Published | sep |
| ISSN | 1471-0064 |
| Keywords | 2010-09-17, adaptation, positive selection, recent, selection, soft sweeps |
| Abstract | 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. |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2880 |
| DOI | 10.1038/nrg2880 |
| Citation Key | Pritchard::DiRienzo:2010 |
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