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. 2016 Aug 18;12(8):e1006240.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006240. eCollection 2016 Aug.

On the Trail of Linked Selection

Emily B Josephs  1 , Stephen I Wright  2
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On the Trail of Linked Selection

Emily B Josephs et al. PLoS Genet. .
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I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Since beginning to co-author this manuscript, but prior to publication, Emily Josephs has joined the lab of Graham Coop, an author on the subject of this Perspective. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. An illustration of three linked selection scenarios.
In (A), the removal of deleterious mutations in a functional region, or background selection, reduces nearby linked diversity. In (B), the fixation of a new beneficial mutation by positive selection reduces nearby linked diversity in a process called a selective sweep. In (C), positive selection increases the frequency of two beneficial mutations, reducing diversity but not involving the fixation of any selected mutations.
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