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Genome scans for selection and introgression based on k-nearest neighbour techniques.

Bastian Pfeifer¹, Nikolaos Alachiotis², Pavlos Pavlidis³

¹Research Unit of Statistical Bioinformatics, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

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Summary

New genome-scan methods using k-nearest neighbour (kNN) techniques effectively detect both selection and introgression. These versatile approaches improve upon existing methods for population genomics analysis.

Keywords:

adaptation genome scans introgression k-nearest neighbours

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Area of Science:

Population Genetics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology

Background:

Genome-scan methods are crucial for identifying local selection and introgression.
Existing methods often focus on either selection or introgression, limiting combined analyses.
A unified approach is needed to study both phenomena concurrently.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce versatile genome-scan methods capable of detecting both selection and introgression.
To provide a robust framework for analyzing combined evolutionary forces in genomic data.
To offer a novel approach for population genomics research.

Main Methods:

Development of nonparametric k-nearest neighbour (kNN) based genome-scan methods.
Incorporation of pairwise Fixation Index (FST) and pairwise nucleotide differences (dxy) as key features.
Benchmarking through extensive simulations with varied genetic and demographic parameters.

Main Results:

kNN-based methods demonstrate high performance in detecting both selection and introgression.
The methods show remarkable efficacy across diverse simulation scenarios, including varying recombination rates and gene flow.
Performance is competitive with and often surpasses state-of-the-art methods.

Conclusions:

The proposed kNN-based genome-scan methods offer a versatile and powerful tool for population genomics.
These methods provide a significant advancement for studying the interplay of selection and introgression.
The approach is readily applicable to real-world genomic data using the R-package popgenome.