Publications by authors named "Valeriy Lavrentyevich Petukhov"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how demographic events during population colonization can influence natural selection, using wild boars and domestic pigs from Vietnam and Siberia as models.
- Analysis revealed that Siberian wild boars exhibited significantly lower genomic mutation rates (Ka/Ks ratios) compared to Vietnamese counterparts, indicating stronger functional constraints on their evolution.
- The findings suggest that the reduced mutation rates in Siberian wild boars stem from either stronger selective pressures against harmful mutations or a smaller effective population size, reinforcing the role of functional constraints in shaping molecular evolution.
