Natural Selection and Molecular Evolution in PTC, a Bitter-Taste Receptor Gene

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 637-646

  Wooding, Stephen ^a   Kim, Un Kyung ^b   Bamshad, Michael J ^a   Larsen, Jennifer ^b   Jorde, Lynn B ^a   Drayna, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHENYLTHIOUREA;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BITTER TASTE; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTC GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TASTE;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 1842539589     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383092     Document Type: Article

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