Differential susceptibility to hypertension is due to selection during the out-of-Africa expansion

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 0730-0738

  Young, J Hunter ^a   Chang, Yen Pei C ^a   Kim, James Dae Ok ^a   Chretien, Jean Paul ^a   Klag, Michael J ^a   Levine, Michael A ^b   Ruff, Christopher B ^a   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEGRO;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLIMATE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 55449131653     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010082     Document Type: Article

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