Adaptive evolution of loci covarying with the human African Pygmy phenotype

Human Genetics

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1305-1317

  Mendizabal, Isabel ^a   Marigorta, Urko M ^a   Lao, Oscar ^b   Comas, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PPPT3B GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPT3H RUNX2 GENE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; BODY HEIGHT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84864278900     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1157-3     Document Type: Article

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