Which one of the following options most accurately describes the process that generates the signature of a selective sweep in DNA sequence data? suppression of mutation over a long haplotype centered on a positively selected allele genetic hitchhiking of neutral alleles flanking the favored allele at the nucleotide site under positive selection higher than average recombination around the core allele under positive selection

Which one of the following options most accurately describes the process that generates the signature of a selective sweep in DNA sequence data? suppression of mutation over a long haplotype centered on a positively selected allele genetic hitchhiking of neutral alleles flanking the favored allele at the nucleotide site under positive selection higher than average recombination around the core allele under positive selection

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Chapter19: Evolutionary Change In Populations

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