Identification of local selective sweeps in human populations since the exodus from Africa

Hereditas

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 126-137

  Johansson, Åsa ^a   Gyllensten, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SLC24A5;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AFRICA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

PAN;

EID: 48449103609     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: 16015223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0018-0661.2008.02054.x     Document Type: Article

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