The Limits of Natural Selection in a Nonequilibrium World

• Published in: Trends in genetics Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 201 - 210
• Main Authors: Brandvain, Yaniv, Wright, Stephen I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Medical Education; Selection, Genetic

Evolutionary theory predicts that factors such as a small population size or low recombination rate can limit the action of natural selection. The emerging field of comparative population genomics offers an opportunity to evaluate these hypotheses. However, classical theoretical predictions assume t...