A new approach for using genome scans to detect recent positive selection in the human genome

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1587-1602

  Tang, Kun ^a   Thornton, Kevin R ^b   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS; TIME;

ALLELES; BIOMETRY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547110828     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050171     Document Type: Article

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