Digest: Demographic inferences accounting for selection at linked sites

Alexis Simon (1) , Maud Duranton (1)

1 UMR ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier

Complex demography and selection at linked sites can generate spurious signatures of divergent selection. Unfortunately, many attempts at demographic inference consider overly simple models and neglect the effect of selection at linked sites. In this issue, Rougemont and Bernatchez (2018) applied an approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) framework that accounts for indirect selection to reveal a complex history of secondary contacts in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) that might explain a high rate of latitudinal clines in this species.

Domaines: Génétique des populations [q-bio.PE]; Evolution [q-bio.PE]

Alexis Simon, Maud Duranton. Digest: Demographic inferences accounting for selection at linked sites. Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2018, 72 (6), pp.1330 - 1332. ⟨10.1111/evo.13504⟩. ⟨hal-01865718⟩