Genome-wide scan with nearly 700 000 SNPs in two Sardinian sub-populations suggests some regions as candidate targets for positive selection

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1155-1161

  Piras, Ignazio Stefano ^a   De Montis, Antonella ^b   Calò, Carla Maria ^a   Marini, Monica ^b   Atzori, Manuela ^b   Corrias, Laura ^a   Sazzini, Marco ^c   Boattini, Alessio ^c   Vona, Giuseppe ^a   Contu, Licinio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Research Laboratories   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

extended haplotype homozygosity (EHH); natural selection; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICS;

GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION GROUPS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867743571     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.65     Document Type: Article

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