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Going beyond SNPs: The role of structural genomic variants in adaptive evolution and species diversification
Author(s) -
Wellenreuther Maren,
Mérot Claire,
Berdan Emma,
Bernatchez Louis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1111/mec.15066
Subject(s) - biology , diversification (marketing strategy) , evolutionary biology , single nucleotide polymorphism , adaptive evolution , computational biology , genetics , gene , genotype , marketing , business
Although single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) were initially thought to make-up the majority of selectable variation (Morin et al. 2004; Sachidanandam et al. 2001), it is becoming increasingly recognized that structural variation represents a significant, yet often poorly understood, source of genetic variation. It is only within the past 10 years, aided by the development of genomic technologies such as high-throughput and later 3 generation sequencing, that the extent of intra-and interspecific structural variation has been investigated in a number of non-model species (Chain & Feulner 2014; Fan & Meyer 2014). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.