Brief communication: Population data support the adaptive nature of HACNS1 sapiens/neandertal-chimpanzee differences in a limb expression domain

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 478-481

  Hünemeier, Tábita ^a   Ruiz Linares, Andres ^b   Silveira, Álvaro ^a   Paixão Côrtes, Vanessa Rodrigues ^a   Salzano, Francisco M ^a   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

human evolution; morphological adaptations; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHIMPANZEE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESKIMO; ETHNICITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 78349237846     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21378     Document Type: Article

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