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Selective Sweep

< Parental generation Offspring generation > "Next" button creates offspringone at a time. "Fast" button simulates an entiregeneration all at once. Red-filled dots on left indicatehigh fitness; open circles low fitness. Dotted line on left indicateslocation of selected gene. Xs show crossovers during generationof gametes. Note how selected locus carries nearbyregions (purple) with it to fixation.This is called "hitchhiking". Don't see purple hitchhike region? Keepclicking Fast button until mutation is fixed.NextFast

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