Population Genomics of Daphnia pulex.

ABSTRACT: Using data from 83 isolates from a single population, the population genomics of the microcrustacean Daphnia pulex are described and compared to current knowledge for the only other well-studied invertebrate, Drosophila melanogaster These two species are quite similar with respect to effective population sizes and mutation rates, although some features of recombination appear to be different, with linkage disequilibrium being elevated at short ([Formula: see text] bp) distances in D. melanogaster and at long distances in D. pulex The study population adheres closely to the expectations under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and reflects a past population history of no more than a twofold range of variation in effective population size. Fourfold redundant silent sites

SUBMITTER: Lynch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5419477 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature