Large allele frequency differences between human continental groups are more likely to have occurred by drift during range expansions than by selection

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-108

  Hofer, T ^a,b   Ray, N ^a,b   Wegmann, D ^a,b   Excoffier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allele surfing; Human evolution; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALLEL ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 58149293053     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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