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Kevin Bird's fatal flaw and why “Fst” can fool you when looking for genes that make populations different

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Davide Piffer
Jul 14, 2025
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Imagine two neighbouring villages, A and B.
In village A most people are tall; in village B most people are short.
You want to know whether natural selection made the villages diverge in height, and you hope to spot the genes involved.

A c…

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