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GENETICS
卷 179, 期 1, 页码 555-567出版社
GENETICS SOCIETY AMERICA
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.083006
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Several tests have been proposed to detect departures of nucleotide variability patterns from neutral expectations. However, very different kinds of evolutionary processes, such as selective events or demographic changes, can produce similar deviations from these tests, thus making interpretation difficult when a significant departure of neutrality is detected. Here we study the effects of demography and recombination upon neutrality tests by analyzing their power tinder sudden population expansions, sudden contractions, and bottlenecks. We evaluate tests based on the frequency spectrum of mutations and the distribution of haplotypes and explore the consequences Of using incorrect estimates of the rates of recombination when testing for neutrality. We show that tests that rely on haplotype frequencies especially F-s and Z(nS), which are based, respectively, on the number of different haplotypes and on the r(2) values between all pairs of polymorphic sites-are the most powerful for detecting expansions on nonrecombining genomic regions. Nevertheless, they are strongly affected by misestimations of recombination, so they should not be used when recombination levels are unknown. Instead, class I tests, particularly Tajima's D or R-2, are recommended.
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