Susanne Gerber

Nov 29, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Susanne Gerber |Markus Pfenninger |Cosima Caliendo

AbstractDetecting signals of polygenic adaptation remains a significant challenge in evolutionary biology, as traditional methods often struggle to identify the associated subtle, multi-locus allele-frequency shifts. Here, we introduced and tested several novel approaches combining machine learning techniques with traditional statistical tests to detect polygenic adaptation patterns.