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Detecting selection

Advances in population genetics and genome sequencing have made it possible to identify anonymous fragments of DNA that have undergone selection. This yields some evolutionary answers, and a panoply of puzzles. See Letter p.360

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Barsh, G., Andersson, L. Detecting selection. Nature 495, 325–326 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/495325a

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