Population Structure of UK Biobank and Ancient Eurasians Reveals Adaptation at Genes Influencing Blood Pressure

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1130-1139

  Galinsky, Kevin J ^a,b   Loh, Po Ru ^a,b   Mallick, Swapan ^b,c   Patterson, Nick J ^b   Price, Alkes L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATXN2 SH2B3 GENE; BIOBANK; CELT (PEOPLE); CYP1A2 CSK GENE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENGLAND; EURASIAN; EUROPEAN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; F12 GENE; FUT2 GENE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMANIC PEOPLE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAXON (PEOPLE); SCOTLAND; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; ADAPTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SELECTION, GENETIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84997096270     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.09.014     Document Type: Article

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