Revisiting an Old Riddle: What Determines Genetic Diversity Levels within Species?

Ellen Miranda Leffler (1) , Kevin Bullaughey , Daniel R Matute (2) , Wynn Meyer , Laure Ségurel (3) , Aarti A. Venkat (1) , Peter Andolfatto (4) , Molly M. Przeworski (1)

1 Dept Human Genet
2 UNC - University of North Carolina [Chapel Hill]
3 EAE - Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie
4 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Understanding why some species have moregenetic diversity than others is central to the study ofecology and evolution, and carries potentially importantimplications for conservation biology. Yet not only doesthis question remain unresolved, it has largely fallen intodisregard. With the rapid decrease in sequencing costs,we argue that it is time to revive it.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Genetics; Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]

Ellen Miranda Leffler, Kevin Bullaughey, Daniel R Matute, Wynn Meyer, Laure Ségurel, et al.. Revisiting an Old Riddle: What Determines Genetic Diversity Levels within Species?. PLoS Biology, 2012, 10 (9), pp.e1001388. ⟨10.1371/journal.pbio.1001388⟩. ⟨hal-02952322⟩