Genomic data reveal a complex making of humans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Alves, Isabel ^a,b,c   Šrámková Hanulová, Anna ^a,b   Foll, Matthieu ^a,b   Excoffier, Laurent ^a,b  

^a Institute of Ecology and Evolution   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAIC ADMIXTURE; BACKGROUND SELECTION; EVOLUTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMIC DISTRIBUTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INBREEDING; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SELECTIVE SWEEP;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864590883     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002837     Document Type: Review

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