Beyond Fixation: Persistent Genetic Variation Under Intense Selection
Kenneth Ryan Arnold, Zachary S. Greenspan, Ryan D. Robinson, Anastasia Pupo, Valeria Vanessa Chavarin, Kevin S. Chang, Corrina O. Cannell, Miao Qi, Laurence D. Mueller, Michael R. Rose, Mark Phillips
This study shows that genetic variation persists under intense directional selection in Drosophila and can be rapidly redeployed when selection reverses, suggesting balancing-selection maintains this variation.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Jul 24, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology