"Positive selection" refers to a process where certain traits or characteristics are favored by nature or circumstances, leading to their gradual increase in a population over time.
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- Improving the performance of positive selection inference by filtering unreliable alignment regions. (unil.ch)
- The method identifies gene sets that show evidence for positive selection in comparison with matched controls, and thus highlights genes for further functional studies. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
- Unlike humans, domestic dog breeds have been developed via heavy positive selection for specific traits. (caninejournal.com)
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