Long-term natural selection affects patterns of neutral divergence on the X chromosome more than the autosomes.
Pooja Narang, Melissa A. Wilson Sayres
The paper shows that long-term natural selection affects neutral divergence patterns on the X chromosome more than autosomes in great apes, leading to higher X/A divergence ratios in neutral regions near genes.
bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2015 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology