Methods to detect selection in populations with applications to the human

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2000, 2000, Pages 539-559

  Kreitman, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Molecular evolution; Natural selection; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034575442     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.1.1.539     Document Type: Article

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