title: Revisiting an old riddle: what determines genetic diversity levels within species?
abstract: Understanding why some species have more genetic diversity than others is central to the study of ecology and evolution, and carries potentially important implications for conservation biology. Yet not only does this question remain unresolved, it has largely fallen into disregard. With the rapid decrease in sequencing costs, we argue that it is time to revive it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. emleffler@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Leffler
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bullaughey
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Matute
authors.forename: Wynn K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ségurel
authors.forename: Aarti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venkat
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andolfatto
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Przeworski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059006:Chromosomes, Insect / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D017753:Ecosystem; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005843:Geography; D008954:Models, Biological; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012730:Sex Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D009711:Nucleotides