Uncovering adaptive evolution in the human lineage

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gayà Vidal, Magdalena ^a,b   Alba M M ^a,c  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Divergence; Human evolution; Nervous system; Positive selection; Variation data

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; MYOSIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SYNTABULIN; TAXILIN BETA; TRANSDUCIN; TRANSDUCIN LIKE ENHANCER OF SPLIT 4; TRANSDUCIN LIKE ENHANCER OF SPLIT 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USHER SYNDROME 1C BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHIMPANZEE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FBF1 GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTOR NERVE REGENERATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYBU GENE; TLE4 GENE; TLE6 GENE; TXNLB GENE; USHBP1 GENE; ANIMAL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MAMMAL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAMMALS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84904271038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-599     Document Type: Article

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