Signatures of selection and gene conversion associated with human color vision variation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-375

  Verrelli, Brian C ^a,b   Tishkoff, Sarah A ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COLOR VISION; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXON; EYE FIXATION; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPN1LW GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME;

PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 4143144168     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423287     Document Type: Article

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