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WITHDRAWN: GhostHunter: A Multi-Test Framework for Detecting Ghost Introgression.

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    GhostHunter detects ghost introgression, or gene flow from unsampled populations, using genomic data. This framework identifies hidden ancestry and improves demographic modeling accuracy.

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    Area of Science:

    • Population genomics
    • Evolutionary biology
    • Bioinformatics

    Background:

    • Gene flow from extinct or unsampled populations (ghost introgression) is increasingly detected but challenging to identify without donor genomes.
    • Ghost introgression signals can be mistaken for other demographic events like bottlenecks or population structure.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce GhostHunter, a novel framework for detecting ghost introgression using population genomic data.
    • To integrate multiple analytical methods to capture diverse signatures of ghost introgression.

    Main Methods:

    • GhostHunter combines coalescent time distribution analysis, isolation-with-migration (IM) model tests, and admixture-based population structure inference.
    • The framework analyzes time to the most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) distributions and likelihoods under various demographic models.
    • It was applied to genomic data from Central Europeans (CEU) and Han Chinese (CHS) from the 1000 Genomes Project.

    Main Results:

    • Simulations show ghost introgression creates distinct genome-wide signatures in TMRCA distributions, including multimodality.
    • Likelihood comparisons favored models with unsampled lineages, though estimating ghost gene flow was complex.
    • Application to CEU and CHS data revealed significant genealogical heterogeneity, but direct ghost gene flow estimation was not supported.

    Conclusions:

    • GhostHunter serves as a practical framework for identifying hidden ancestry and potential ghost introgression.
    • The results highlight the utility of analyzing TMRCA distributions for detecting demographic complexities.
    • The study provides an open-source pipeline for researchers studying population genomics and evolutionary history.