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ArticleJournal of theoretical biology2018

Evaluating genetic drift in time-series evolutionary analysis.

Nuno R Nené, Ville Mustonen, Christopher J R Illingworth

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Nuno R NenéDepartment of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Ville MustonenWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK; Department of Biosciences, Department of Computer Science, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
Christopher J R IllingworthDepartment of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: cjri2@cam.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Wright-Fisher model is the most popular population model for describing the behaviour of evolutionary systems with a finite population size. Approximations have commonly been used but the model itself has rarely been tested against time-resolved genomic data. Here, we evaluate the extent to which it can be inferred as the correct model under a likelihood framework. Given genome-wide data from an evolutionary experiment, we validate the Wright-Fisher drift model as the better option for describing evolutionary trajectories in a finite population. This was found by evaluating its performance against a Gaussian model of allele frequency propagation. However, we note a range of circumstances under which standard Wright-Fisher drift cannot be correctly identified.

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AlgorithmsEvolution, MolecularGenetic DriftModels, GeneticAnimalsComputer SimulationGene FrequencyGenetics, PopulationGenomeHumansPopulation DensityTime FactorsExperimental evolutionGenetic driftTime-resolved genome sequence dataWright–Fisher model

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PMID28958783
PMCPMC5703635

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