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Population genetics

adaptation in which several copies of a beneficial allele rise together, leaving a weaker diversity signature than a single-origin hard sweep.

In population genetics, soft sweep refers to adaptation in which several copies of a beneficial allele rise together, leaving a weaker diversity signature than a single-origin hard sweep. This meaning comes from Hermisson (2005) in Genetics.[1]

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References

Hermisson, J., & Pennings, P. S. (2005). Soft Sweeps. Genetics, 169(4), 2335-2352. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.104.036947

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