Selection signature

A selection signature is a genomic region located near DNA regions (gene regions in most cases) related to the phenotype affected by domestication.

Selection signatures are genomic regions harboring DNA sequences functionally involved in the genetic variation of traits subject to selection. [1]
Many selection signatures are located around genes that have been shown to be involved in hair, eye or skin color. [2]
... selection signatures are particular patterns of DNA that can be identified in regions of the genome that include a mutation, that is or has been under selection pressure ... [3]

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