Inferring selective constraint from population genomic data suggests recent regulatory turnover in the human brain

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3511-3528

  Schrider, Daniel R ^a   Kern, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Life Sciences Building Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Natural selection; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

BRAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BRAIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84982180013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv228     Document Type: Article

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