Gene expression levels are a target of recent natural selection in the human genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 649-658

  Kudaravalli, Sridhar ^a   Veyrieras, Jean Baptiste ^a   Stranger, Barbara E ^b   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^b   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eQTL mapping; Humans; iHS; Population genetics; Recent positive selection

Indexed keywords

CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 60149091864     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn289     Document Type: Article

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