Mosaic selection and gene flow at the onset of grain beetle domestication
Lucas Rocha Ferreira, Romuald Laso‐Jadart, Leonardo G. Panunzi, Sana Haddad, Evangelia Eleftheriou, Benoît Vacherie, Eli Sellem, Karine Labadie, Tania Lefebvre, Christophe Ambroise, Mohammed‐Amin Madoui
The paper investigates gene flow and selection during the domestication of yellow mealworms, finding that adaptive gene flow contributes to adaptation to captivity rather than directly shaping production traits.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology