Promoter regions of many neural- and nutrition-related genes have experienced positive selection during human evolution

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1140-1144

  Haygood, Ralph ^a   Fedrigo, Olivier ^a   Hanson, Brian ^a   Yokoyama, Ken Daigoro ^a   Wray, Gregory A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUTRIGENOMICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SELECTION (GENETICS);

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EID: 34548346860     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng2104     Document Type: Article

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