Standing genetic variation as a major contributor to adaptation in the Virginia chicken lines selection experiment
Zheya Sheng, Mats E Pettersson, Christa F Honaker, Paul B Siegel, Örjan Carlborg
The paper identifies adaptive selective-sweeps in Virginia chicken lines and shows they contribute significantly to body-weight divergence and genetic variance.
Genome Biology · Oct 1, 2015Peer-reviewedGenetics