Genome-wide scans for loci under selection in humans

Human Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-125

  Ronald, James ^a   Akey, Joshua M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary genomics; Genetic variation; Natural selection; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME 7; CLIMATE; CODON; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INFECTION; INTRON; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645470450     PISSN: 14797364     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-2-2-113     Document Type: Article

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