Evolutionary genetics as a tool to target genes involved in phenotypes of medical relevance

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Heyer, Evelyne ^a   Quintana Murci, Lluis ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Evolution; Human adaptation; Human diversity; Human genome; Infectious disease; Natural selection; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350303375     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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