Does genome-wide variation and putatively adaptive variation identify the same set of distinct populations?

Identifying which populations within species to prioritize for conservation is a major challenge: one question is whether to prioritize populations based on adaptive variation versus considering genome-wide genetic variation. Many authors have advocated focusing solely on adaptive variation due to its direct connection to selection, function, and adaptive capacity. However, there are many limitations in identifying and using adaptive genetic variation for conservation. Patterns of genome-wide genetic variation may be congruent with patterns of adaptive genetic variation, and genome-wide variation is much easier to measure. However, evidence for congruence is mixed. We gather genome-wide and putatively adaptive SNP data across 34 species of plants and animals from published outlier and association studies to test congruence. We ask whether putatively adaptive subsets of genome-wide SNPs identify the same distinctive populations (measured using the Shapley Value of distinctiveness) as gen..., We collated genome-wide and putatively adaptive SNPs data from already published studies. We found outlier and/ore association type studies from three meta-analysis (Ahrens et al., 2018; Lind et al., 2018; Exposito-Alonso et al., 2022) and recommendations from colleagues and evaluated those studies based on a set criteria and thresholds. Data was obtained from public data repository or requested via email from the authors of studies. If data was emailed, permission was granted by the original study authors (via email communication) to provide the 012NA converted version of their datasets. , , This README.txt file was generated on 2024-08-27 by Avneet Kaur Chhina

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## GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Dataset for \"Does genome-wide variation and putatively adaptive variation identify the same set of distinct populations?\"
2. Authors: Avneet Kaur Chhina, Philippe Fernandez-Fournier, Jayme Lewthwaite, Tom R. Booker, and Arne Mooers.
3. Data collection details: We collated genome-wide and putatively adaptive SNPs data from already published studies. We found outlier and/or association type studies from three meta-analyses and recommendations from colleagues and evaluated those studies based on a set of criteria and thresholds. Data were obtained from public data repositories or requested via email from the authors of studies. If data were emailed, permission was granted by the original study authors (via email communication) to provide our converted \"012NA\" version of their datasets.\
The three meta-analyses that included a list of studies are:
a) Collin W Ahren...