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Emergence of long-term balanced polymorphism under cyclic selection of spatially variable magnitude by Gulisija, Davorka, Kim, Yuseob

“…A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is what promotes genetic variation at nonneutral loci, a major precursor to adaptation in changing environments…”
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Linkage Disequilibrium as a Signature of Selective Sweeps by Kim, Yuseob, Nielsen, Rasmus

“…The hitchhiking effect of a beneficial mutation, or a selective sweep, generates a unique distribution of allele frequencies and spatial distribution of…”
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Detecting a Local Signature of Genetic Hitchhiking Along a Recombining Chromosome by Kim, Yuseob, Stephan, Wolfgang

“…The theory of genetic hitchhiking predicts that the level of genetic variation is greatly reduced at the site of strong directional selection and increases as…”
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Genomic scans for selective sweeps using SNP data by Nielsen, Rasmus, Williamson, Scott, Kim, Yuseob, Hubisz, Melissa J, Clark, Andrew G, Bustamante, Carlos

“…Detecting selective sweeps from genomic SNP data is complicated by the intricate ascertainment schemes used to discover SNPs, and by the confounding influence…”
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Phenotypic Plasticity Promotes Balanced Polymorphism in Periodic Environments by a Genomic Storage Effect by Gulisija, Davorka, Kim, Yuseob, Plotkin, Joshua B

“…Phenotypic plasticity is known to evolve in perturbed habitats, where it alleviates the deleterious effects of selection. But the effects of plasticity on…”
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Pattern of polymorphism after strong artificial selection in a domestication event by Innan, H, Kim, Y

“…The process of strong artificial selection during a domestication event is modeled, and its effect on the pattern of DNA polymorphism is investigated. The…”
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Prevalence of negative frequency-dependent selection, revealed by incomplete selective sweeps in African populations of Drosophila melanogaster by Kim, Yuseob

“…Positive selection on a new beneficial mutation generates a characteristic pattern of DNA sequence polymorphism when it reaches an intermediate allele…”
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De Novo Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Potential Thermal Adaptation Mechanisms in the Cicada Hyalessa fuscata by Nguyen, Hoa Quynh, Kim, Yuseob, Jang, Yikweon

“…In metropolitan Seoul, populations of the cicada Hyalessa fuscata in hotter urban heat islands (“high UHIs”) exhibit higher thermal tolerance than those in…”
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Detecting Local Adaptation Using the Joint Sampling of Polymorphism Data in the Parental and Derived Populations by Innan, Hideki, Kim, Yuseob

“…When a local colonization in a new niche occurs, the new derived population should be subject to different selective pressures from that in the original…”
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Genome assembly of the Korean intertidal mud-creeper Batillaria attramentaria by Patra, Ajit Kumar, Ho, Phuong-Thao, Jun, Siyeong, Lee, Seung Jae, Kim, Yuseob, Won, Yong-Jin

“…Batillaridae is a common gastropod family that occurs abundantly in the shallow coastal zone of the intertidal mudflats of the northwest Pacific Ocean,…”
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A review on QST–FST comparisons of seed plants: Insights for conservation by Chung, Mi Yoon, Merilä, Juha, Kim, Yuseob, Mao, Kangshan, López‐Pujol, Jordi, Chung, Myong Gi

“…Increased access to genome‐wide data provides new opportunities for plant conservation. However, information on neutral genetic diversity in a small number of…”
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A population genetic model for the initial spread of partially resistant malaria parasites under anti-malarial combination therapy and weak intrahost competition by Kim, Yuseob, Escalante, Ananias A, Schneider, Kristan A

“…To develop public-health policies that extend the lifespan of affordable anti-malarial drugs as effective treatment options, it is necessary to understand the…”
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Genetic hitchhiking under heterogeneous spatial selection pressures by Schneider, Kristan A, Kim, Yuseob

“…During adaptive evolutionary processes substantial heterogeneity in selective pressure might act across local habitats in sympatry. Examples are selection for…”
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Urban heat island effect on cicada densities in metropolitan Seoul by Nguyen, Hoa Q, Andersen, Desiree K, Kim, Yuseob, Jang, Yikweon

“…Urban heat island (UHI) effect, the ubiquitous consequence of urbanization, is considered to play a major role in population expansion of numerous insects. and…”
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Human genomic disease variants: a neutral evolutionary explanation by Dudley, Joel T, Kim, Yuseob, Liu, Li, Markov, Glenn J, Gerold, Kristyn, Chen, Rong, Butte, Atul J, Kumar, Sudhir

“…Many perspectives on the role of evolution in human health include nonempirical assumptions concerning the adaptive evolutionary origins of human diseases…”
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Partial protection from fluctuating selection leads to evolution towards wider population size fluctuation and a novel mechanism of balancing selection by Kim, Yuseob

“…When a population is partially protected from fluctuating selection, as when a seed bank is present, variance in fitness will be reduced and reproductive…”
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Spread of an Inactive Form of Caspase-12 in Humans Is Due to Recent Positive Selection by Xue, Yali, Daly, Allan, Yngvadottir, Bryndis, Liu, Mengning, Coop, Graham, Kim, Yuseob, Sabeti, Pardis, Chen, Yuan, Stalker, Jim, Huckle, Elizabeth, Burton, John, Leonard, Steven, Rogers, Jane, Tyler-Smith, Chris

“…The human caspase-12 gene is polymorphic for the presence or absence of a stop codon, which results in the occurrence of both active (ancestral) and inactive…”
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An Escherichia coli FdrA Variant Derived from Syntrophic Coculture with a Methanogen Increases Succinate Production Due to Changes in Allantoin Degradation by Kim, Nam Yeun, Lee, Yeon Joo, Park, Ji Won, Kim, Su Nyung, Kim, E Young, Kim, Yuseob, Kim, Ok Bin

“…Wild-type Escherichia coli was adapted to syntrophic growth with Methanobacterium formicicum for glycerol fermentation over 44 weeks. Succinate production by…”
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Cetaceans evolution: insights from the genome sequences of common minke whales by Park, Jung Youn, An, Yong-Rock, Kanda, Naohisa, An, Chul-Min, An, Hye Suck, Kang, Jung-Ha, Kim, Eun Mi, An, Du-Hae, Jung, Hojin, Joung, Myunghee, Park, Myung Hum, Yoon, Sook Hee, Lee, Bo-Young, Lee, Taeheon, Kim, Kyu-Won, Park, Won Cheoul, Shin, Dong Hyun, Lee, Young Sub, Kim, Jaemin, Kwak, Woori, Kim, Hyeon Jeong, Kwon, Young-Jun, Moon, Sunjin, Kim, Yuseob, Burt, David W, Cho, Seoae, Kim, Heebal

“…Whales have captivated the human imagination for millennia. These incredible cetaceans are the only mammals that have adapted to life in the open oceans and…”
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A Pseudohitchhiking Model of X vs. Autosomal Diversity by Betancourt, Andrea J, Kim, Yuseob, Orr, H. Allen

“…We study levels of X-linked vs. autosomal diversity using a model developed to analyze the hitchhiking effect. Repeated bouts of hitchhiking are thought to…”
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