Explosive genetic evidence for explosive human population growth

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 130-139

  Gao, Feng ^a   Keinan, Alon ^a  

^a Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION GROWTH; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84989285289     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2016.09.002     Document Type: Review

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