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polygenic adaptation: a standalone construct

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Population genetics

adaptation through small coordinated allele frequency shifts at many loci rather than a sweep at one locus.

In population genetics, polygenic adaptation refers to adaptation through small coordinated allele frequency shifts at many loci rather than a sweep at one locus. This meaning comes from Pritchard (2010) in Current Biology.[1]

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References

Pritchard, J. K., Pickrell, J. K., & Coop, G. (2010). The Genetics of Human Adaptation: Hard Sweeps, Soft Sweeps, and Polygenic Adaptation. Current Biology, 20(4), R208-R215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.055

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