Contemporary and historical selection in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) support novel, polygenic response to transmissible cancer
A. R. Stahlke, B. Epstein, S. Barbosa, M. J. Margres, A. Patton, S. A. Hendricks, A. Veillet, A. K. Fraik, B. Schonfeld, H. McCallum, R. Hamede, M. E. Jones, A. Storfer, P. A. Hohenlohe
This study identifies contemporary and historical selection in Tasmanian devils in response to transmissible cancer, finding limited overlap between genes under recent and ancient selection.
bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology