Natural positive selection and north-south genetic diversity in East Asia

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-110

  Suo, Chen ^a   Xu, Haiyan ^a   Khor, Chiea Chuen ^b   Ong, Rick T H ^a,b   Sim, Xueling ^a   Chen, Jieming ^b   Tay, Wan Ting ^c   Sim, Kar Seng ^b   Zeng, Yi Xin ^d   Zhang, Xuejun ^e,f   Liu, Jianjun ^b   Tai, E Shyong ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,g   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Teo, Yik Ying ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^e No1 Hospital   (China)

^f ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinal variation; linkage disequilibrium variation; population genetics; positive selection

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST ASIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALTITUDE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAR EAST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HAPMAP PROJECT; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 83255185220     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.139     Document Type: Article

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