A limited role for balancing selection

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-32

  Asthana, Saurabh ^a   Schmidt, Steffen ^a   Sunyaev, Shamil ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMPANZEE; DATA BASE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 13144282726     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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