Detecting recent selective sweeps while controlling for mutation rate and background selection

A composite likelihood ratio test implemented in the program sweepfinder is a commonly used method for scanning a genome for recent selective sweeps. sweepfinder uses information on the spatial pattern (along the chromosome) of the site frequency spectrum around the selected locus. To avoid confound...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Huber, Christian D., DeGiorgio, Michael, Hellmann, Ines, Nielsen, Rasmus
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5082542/