Population Size Does Not Influence Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity in Animals

RT @yokuyama: はっきり言って動物のミトコンドリアDNAの使い勝手の良さは異常。そして、なんでそうなってるのかも謎。少なくとも、集団遺伝学的には中立遺伝子として予測されるふるまいから完全に逸脱していることが知られている。 https://t.co/y9mRTnp5X0

@Graham_Coop @joelmcglothlin @tylervkent Have only skimmed the paper. One thought: We did not consider mtDNA, but the mito is probably especially prone to the effects of linked selection due to the lack of recombination. See, Bazin et al https://t.co/p…

Also thanks to @jrossibarra for pointing out this 2006 study on mtDNA diversity across species. The authors of this study implicated linked selection, NOT recent origins of 90% of species, to explain lack of relationship with population size. https://t.…

RT @jrossibarra: @joelmcglothlin If only someone had published this point before. https://t.co/ZynMikUyX8