Inferring positive selection in humans from genomic data

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wollstein, Andreas ^a   Stephan, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Polygenic adaptation; Selective sweep

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

PAN;

EID: 84925862193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13323-015-0023-1     Document Type: Review

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