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GC-biased gene conversion conceals the prediction of the nearly neutral theory in avian genomes.
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution predicts that the efficacy of natural selection increases with the effective population size. This prediction has been verified by independent observations in diverse taxa, which show that life-history traits are strongly correlated with measures of the efficacy of selection, such as the d
resultsWe analyze the relationship between d
conclusionsOur study shows that gene sequence evolution across a wide range of avian lineages meets the prediction of the nearly neutral theory, the efficacy of selection increases with effective population size. Moreover, our study illustrates that accounting for GC-biased gene conversion is important to correctly estimate the strength of selection.
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