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The last decade has seen an unprecedented quest for genome regions involved in adaptation and speciation that was usually based on the assumption that such genome regions can be identified as ones exhibiting accentuated differentiation. In this presentation, I showcase how accumulating empirical evidence together with longstanding theory force us to reconsider such an approach. In particular, I illustrate how processes unrelated to adaptation or speciation may confound our quest for genomic regions underpinning adaptation and speciation, and argue that a comparative population genomics framework that exploits emergent features of long-term linked selection
can help overcome shortcomings of traditional genome scans for adaptive evolution.