Genetic polymorphism varies among species and within genomes, and has important
implications for the evolution and conservation of species. The determinants of this variation …

Population genetics theory supplies powerful predictions about how natural selection
interacts with genetic linkage to sculpt the genomic landscape of nucleotide polymorphism …

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked
to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to …

Recombination is a fundamental biological process with profound evolutionary implications.
Theory predicts that recombination increases the effectiveness of selection in natural …

The neutral theory of molecular evolution predicts that the amount of neutral polymorphisms
within a species will increase proportionally with the census population size (Nc). However …

The process of evolution at a given site in the genome can be influenced by the action of
selection at other sites, especially when these are closely linked to it. Such selection …

Adaptive evolution is shaped by the interaction of population genetics, natural selection and
underlying network and biochemical constraints. Variation created by mutation, the raw …

Mutation generates the heritable variation that genetic drift and natural selection shape. In
classical quantitative genetic models, drift is a function of the effective population size and …

Mutations spawn genetic variation which, in turn, fuels evolution. Hence, experimental
investigations into the rate and fitness effects of spontaneous mutations are central to the …

Rapid phenotypic adaptation is often observed in natural populations and selection
experiments. However, detecting the genome-wide impact of this selection is difficult since …