Genetic explorations of recent human metabolic adaptations: Hypotheses and evidence

Biological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 838-855

  Brown, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological pathways; Cold resistance adaptation; Genetics; High altitude adaptation; Human evolution; Metabolism; Pleiotropy; Polygenic adaptation; Selective sweep; Thrifty Genotype Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES;

PAN;

EID: 84867142937     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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