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When less is more: adaptive loss of function
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There are many ways to break a gene, and that’s not always a bad thing. In this episode Grey Monroe and Pádraic Flood discuss their recent paper on the population genomics of adaptive loss of function, and recount the unexpected origins of their collaboration.
In this episode we explore the recent Heredity review article: “The population genomics of adaptive loss of function” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-021-00403-2
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