Using human demographic history to infer natural selection reveals contrasting patterns on different families of immune genes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1711, 2011, Pages 1587-1594

  Amos, William ^a   Bryant, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Genetic diversity; Humans; Immune genes; Microsatellite; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHROMOSOME; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; ONTOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; RECOMBINATION; SELECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79954543417     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2056     Document Type: Article

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