Human population structure and the adaptive response to pathogen-induced selection pressures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1590, 2012, Pages 878-886

  Novembre, John ^a   Han, Eunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCR5 32; Human adaptation; Pathogen resistance; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; GENOME; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PATHOGEN; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84856667847     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0305     Document Type: Review

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