Population differences in the human functional olfactory repertoire

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-314

  Gilad, Yoav ^a   Lancet, Doron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Olfactory receptors; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PSEUDOGENE; SMELLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; JEWS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SMELL;

EID: 0037357440     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg013     Document Type: Article

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