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Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1111/mec.14743
Subject(s) - biology , citation , population , cover (algebra) , outlier , genealogy , library science , computer science , artificial intelligence , sociology , demography , history , mechanical engineering , engineering
Cover Illustrations: The tail of the Spider‐tailed horned viper ( Pseudocerastes urarachnoides ) appears to be a tasty meal, but birds which attempt to enjoy this treat often find themselves falling victim to the snake itself. Booker et al. in this issue show that not all outliers in genome scans are indicators of adaptation, but instead many are artefacts of regions of low recombination. Like birds, population geneticists should be mindful of the tail of the recombination rate distribution. Photo Credit: Getty Images