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Area of Science:

  • Population Genetics
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Demographic inference commonly uses the Kingman coalescent, assuming binary genealogies.
  • Deviations like multiple-merger events, driven by selection or offspring number variation, violate Kingman assumptions.
  • Existing methods using the site frequency spectrum (SFS) can misinterpret multiple mergers as population size changes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel statistical test to detect violations of the Kingman coalescent model in population genomic data.
  • To distinguish true multiple-merger events from demographic effects like population size fluctuations.
  • To provide a genome-wide assessment of Kingman model consistency.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the 2-site joint frequency spectrum (2-SFS) of linked sites, which captures different genealogical information than the SFS.
  • Developed a global statistical test to assess genome-wide consistency with the Kingman coalescent.
  • Validated the test through simulations and applied it to empirical data.

Main Results:

  • The new test effectively detects deviations from the Kingman coalescent, even when SFS is ambiguous.
  • Simulations confirmed the test's power to identify non-Kingman processes.
  • Genomic diversity data from *Drosophila melanogaster* showed significant inconsistency with the Kingman coalescent model.

Conclusions:

  • The Kingman coalescent model is insufficient to explain the observed genomic diversity in *Drosophila melanogaster*.
  • The developed 2-SFS based test is a powerful tool for detecting complex demographic histories and evolutionary forces.
  • This approach advances our ability to accurately model population genetic processes and understand biodiversity origins.