Extreme individual marker FSTvalues do not imply population-specific selection in humans: The NRG1 example

Human Genetics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 759-762

  Gardner, Michelle ^a   Williamson, Scott ^b   Casals, Ferran ^a   Bosch, Elena ^a   Navarro, Arcadi ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a   Comas, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUFFY BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTASE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34250308719     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0364-9     Document Type: Article

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