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Self-fertilization sweeps up variation in the worm genome

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A new study reports a comprehensive survey of genetic diversity in natural populations of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Their analyses suggest that recent chromosome-scale selective sweeps have reduced C. elegans genetic diversity worldwide and strongly structured genetic variation across its genome.

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Figure 1: Influence of a self-fertilizing mating system on the patterns of genetic variation across the C. elegans genome.

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