Shared evolutionary processes shape landscapes of genomic variation in the great apes.

ABSTRACT: For at least the past five decades population genetics, as a field, has worked to describe the precise balance of forces that shape patterns of variation in genomes. The problem is challenging because modelling the interactions between evolutionary processes is difficult, and different processes can impact genetic variation in similar ways. In this paper, we describe how diversity and divergence between closely related species change with time, using correlations between landscapes of genetic variation as a tool to understand the interplay between evolutionary processes. We find strong correlations between landscapes of diversity and divergence in a well sampled set of great ape genomes, and explore how various processes such as incomplete lineage sorting, mutation rate variation, GC-biase

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934647 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature