Evolutionary Genomics of Pan
While the evolutionary history of many lineages can be understood using fossil evidence, there is only one presumptive chimpanzee fossil recovered from beyond their current range. However, we can also use genomes from extant bonobos and chimpanzees to better ascertain this history. The first component of this project examines recent adaptive processes (< 200 Ka) using machine learning. We found that selective sweeps in Pan are largely the result of soft sweeps acting on standing genetic variation rather than hard sweeps from de novo mutations. Check back again soon for more updates on this research.
Related Preprint: Brand et al. 2020
Code: Code for this analysis can be found here.
Data: Data from this project are available in the supplementary material of the preprint above.
While the evolutionary history of many lineages can be understood using fossil evidence, there is only one presumptive chimpanzee fossil recovered from beyond their current range. However, we can also use genomes from extant bonobos and chimpanzees to better ascertain this history. The first component of this project examines recent adaptive processes (< 200 Ka) using machine learning. We found that selective sweeps in Pan are largely the result of soft sweeps acting on standing genetic variation rather than hard sweeps from de novo mutations. Check back again soon for more updates on this research.
Related Preprint: Brand et al. 2020
Code: Code for this analysis can be found here.
Data: Data from this project are available in the supplementary material of the preprint above.
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