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Fay and Wu's H: a standalone construct

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Population genetics

a statistic detecting an excess of high-frequency derived variants, a signature of hitchhiking near a recent positively selected site.

In population genetics, Fay and Wu's H refers to a statistic detecting an excess of high-frequency derived variants, a signature of hitchhiking near a recent positively selected site. This meaning comes from Fay (2000) in Genetics.[1]

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References

Fay, J. C., & Wu, C. (2000). Hitchhiking Under Positive Darwinian Selection. Genetics, 155(3), 1405-1413. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/155.3.1405

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