Limits to Adaptation in Partially Selfing Species

• Published in: Genetics (Austin) Vol. 203; no. 2; pp. 959 - 974
• Main Authors: Hartfield, Matthew, Glémin, Sylvain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Genetics Society of America 01.06.2016; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological - genetics; Animals; dominance; Endangered & extinct species; Extinction; Genetics; Genomes; Genotypes; Grants; Inbreeding; Investigations; Life Sciences; Models, Genetic; Mutation; Organisms; Plant populations; Plants - genetics; Populations and Evolution; recombination; selection interference; Selection, Genetic; self-fertilization; Self-Fertilization - genetics; Signatures; Studies; adaptation; selection interference; recombination; dominance; self-fertilization

In outcrossing populations, “Haldane’s sieve” states that recessive beneficial alleles are less likely to fix than dominant ones, because they are less exposed to selection when rare. In contrast, selfing organisms are not subject to Haldane’s sieve and are more likely to fix recessive types than ou...