QST–FST comparisons: evolutionary and ecological insights from genomic heterogeneity
- 5 February 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Reviews Genetics
- Vol. 14 (3), 179-190
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3395
Abstract
Comparative studies of the divergence of quantitative traits and neutral molecular markers, known as Q(ST)-F(ST) comparisons, provide a means for researchers to distinguish between natural selection and genetic drift as causes of population differentiation in complex polygenic traits. The use of Q(ST)-F(ST) comparisons has increased rapidly in the last few years, highlighting the utility of this approach for addressing a wide range of questions that are relevant to evolutionary and ecological genetics. These studies have also provided lessons for the design of future Q(ST)-F(ST) comparisons. Methods based on the Q(ST)-F(ST) approach could also be used to analyse various types of 'omics' data in new and revealing ways.Keywords
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