Hello Bluesky!
Does Nₑ really explain mutation rate (μ) or genome size (GS) in vertebrates?
We find the apparent Nₑ–μ link in Bergeron et al. (2023) is a “back-door” path via generation time, and GS is decoupled from both Nₑ and life-history traits.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Does Nₑ really explain mutation rate (μ) or genome size (GS) in vertebrates?
We find the apparent Nₑ–μ link in Bergeron et al. (2023) is a “back-door” path via generation time, and GS is decoupled from both Nₑ and life-history traits.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#evobio #PNAS
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Hello Bluesky!
Does Nₑ really explain mutation rate (μ) or genome size (GS) in vertebrates?
We find the apparent Nₑ–μ link in Bergeron et al. (2023) is a “back-door” path via generation time, and GS is decoupled from both Nₑ and life-history traits.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#evobio #PNAS
Does Nₑ really explain mutation rate (μ) or genome size (GS) in vertebrates?
We find the apparent Nₑ–μ link in Bergeron et al. (2023) is a “back-door” path via generation time, and GS is decoupled from both Nₑ and life-history traits.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#evobio #PNAS