Positive selection drives population differentiation in the skeletal genes in modern humans

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2341-2346

  Wu, Dong Dong ^a,c   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CAUCASIAN; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EVOLUTION; GENES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKELETON;

EID: 77955188079     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq107     Document Type: Article

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