Selection for translation efficiency on synonymous polymorphisms in recent human evolution

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 749-761

  Waldman, Yedael Y ^a   Tuller, Tamir ^a,b   Keinan, Alon ^c   Ruppin, Eytan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele frequency differentiation; Causal variants; Population genetics; SNP; Synonymous mutations; Translation efficiency

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RACE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CODON; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84856387699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr076     Document Type: Article

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