Identification and analysis of genomic regions with large between-population differentiation in humans

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-110

  Myles, S ^a   Tang, K ^a   Somel, M ^a   Green, R E ^a   Kelso, J ^a   Stoneking, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fst; Perlegen; Positive selection; SNP

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONSANGUINITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION GROUPS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 37849028271     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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