A selective sweep
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A selective sweep
Under natural selection, a new beneficial mutation will rise in frequency (prevalence) in a population. A schematic shows polymorphisms along a chromosome, including the selected allele, before and after selection. Ancestral alleles are shown in grey and derived (non-ancestral) alleles are shown in blue. As a new positively-selected allele (red) rises to high frequency, nearby linked alleles on the chromosome ‘hitchhike’ along with it to high frequency, creating a ‘selective sweep.’
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