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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Seasonal fluctuations in fitness result in severe reductions in effective population size.

Olivia L Johnson, Raymond Tobler, Joshua M Schmidt, Christian D Huber

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Olivia L JohnsonDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8029-2397
Raymond ToblerEvolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative, The Australian National University, Australia.
Joshua M SchmidtDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Australia.
Christian D HuberDepartment of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2267-2604

Funding

The role of admixture in human evolutionR35GM146886 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI Christian Huber · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic evidence for fluctuating selection has begun to accumulate for different species over the past few decades, especially for the

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Drosophila melanogastereffective population sizeFluctuating selectionseasonal fluctuations

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PMID41959074
PMCPMC13060161

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