Sam Yeaman

Jun 22, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Takahiro Sakamoto |James Whiting |Sam Yeaman |Kokuritsu Idengaku Kenkyujo

AbstractLocally adapted traits can exhibit a wide range of genetic architectures, from pronounced divergence at a few loci to small allele frequency shifts at many loci. The type of architecture that evolves depends strongly on migration rate, as weakly selected loci experience swamping and do not make stable contributions to divergence.

Apr 3, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Gabriele Nocchi |James Whiting |Sam Yeaman

AbstractGlobal adaptation occurs when all populations of a species undergo selection toward a common optimum. This can occur by a hard selective sweep with the emergence of a new globally advantageous allele that spreads throughout a species' natural range until reaching fixation. This evolutionary process leaves a temporary trace in the region affected, which is detectable using population genomic methods.

Feb 13, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tom R Booker |Sam Yeaman |James Whiting |Michael C. Whitlock

1 INTRODUCTION Studying local adaptation can provide a window into the process of evolution, yielding insights about the nature of evolvability, constraints to diversification, and how the interplay between a species and its environment shapes intraspecific genetic variation (e.g., Savolainen et al., 2013).