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ArticleEvolutionary bioinformatics online2015

Forward-in-Time, Spatially Explicit Modeling Software to Simulate Genetic Lineages Under Selection.

Mathias Currat, Pascale Gerbault, Da Di, José M Nunes, Alicia Sanchez-Mazas

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Article in Evolutionary bioinformatics online, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mathias CurratLaboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Pascale GerbaultResearch Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.; Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK.
Da DiLaboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
José M NunesLaboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Alicia Sanchez-MazasLaboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling History, Department of Genetics and Evolution - Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SELECTOR is a software package for studying the evolution of multiallelic genes under balancing or positive selection while simulating complex evolutionary scenarios that integrate demographic growth and migration in a spatially explicit population framework. Parameters can be varied both in space and time to account for geographical, environmental, and cultural heterogeneity. SELECTOR can be used within an approximate Bayesian computation estimation framework. We first describe the principles of SELECTOR and validate the algorithms by comparing its outputs for simple models with theoretical expectations. Then, we show how it can be used to investigate genetic differentiation of loci under balancing selection in interconnected demes with spatially heterogeneous gene flow. We identify situations in which balancing selection reduces genetic differentiation between population groups compared with neutrality and explain conflicting outcomes observed for human leukocyte antigen loci. These results and three previously published applications demonstrate that SELECTOR is efficient and robust for building insight into human settlement history and evolution.

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balancing selectionHLAMHC lineagespopulation geneticsspatially explicit simulation

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PMID26949332
PMCPMC4768942

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