Purifying selection can reduce intraspecific mitochondrial gene variation to that of slowly-evolving nuclear rRNA
Tshifhiwa Given Matumba, Jody Oliver, Nigel Paul Barker, Christopher David McQuaid, Peter Rodja Teske
The paper shows that purifying selection reduces intraspecific mtDNA variation to that of slowly evolving nuclear rRNA, leading to unreliable demographic estimates.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2020 · PreprintGenetics