The era of the ARG: An introduction to ancestral recombination graphs and their significance in empirical evolutionary genomics

Author:

Lewanski Alexander L.ORCID,Grundler Michael C.ORCID,Bradburd Gideon S.ORCID

Abstract

In the presence of recombination, the evolutionary relationships between a set of sampled genomes cannot be described by a single genealogical tree. Instead, the genomes are related by a complex, interwoven collection of genealogies formalized in a structure called an ancestral recombination graph (ARG). An ARG extensively encodes the ancestry of the genome(s) and thus is replete with valuable information for addressing diverse questions in evolutionary biology. Despite its potential utility, technological and methodological limitations, along with a lack of approachable literature, have severely restricted awareness and application of ARGs in evolution research. Excitingly, recent progress in ARG reconstruction and simulation have made ARG-based approaches feasible for many questions and systems. In this review, we provide an accessible introduction and exploration of ARGs, survey recent methodological breakthroughs, and describe the potential for ARGs to further existing goals and open avenues of inquiry that were previously inaccessible in evolutionary genomics. Through this discussion, we aim to more widely disseminate the promise of ARGs in evolutionary genomics and encourage the broader development and adoption of ARG-based inference.

Funder

Michigan State University

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Cancer Research,Genetics (clinical),Genetics,Molecular Biology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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