Relaxed selection during a recent human expansion
Stephan Peischl, Isabelle Dupanloup, Adrien Foucal, Michèle Jomphe, Vanessa Bruat, Jean-Cristophe Grenier, Alexandre Gouy, Elias Gbeha, Lars Bosshard, Elodie Hip-Ki, Mawussé Agbessi, Alan Hodgkinson, Hélène Vézina, Philip Awadalla, Laurent Excoffier
The paper examines genomic diversity in French Canadians to show that range expansion led to relaxed selection, increasing the frequency of deleterious mutations in colonizing populations.
Genetics · Feb 1, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics