Genetic signature of natural selection in first Americans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2195-2199

  Amorim, Carlos Eduardo G ^a   Nunes, Kelly ^b   Meyer, Diogo ^b   Comas, David ^c   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^d   Salzano, Francisco Mauro ^d   Hünemeier, Tábita ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

First Americans; Genetics; Natural selection; Peopling of America

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE;

AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 22; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; EUROPEAN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GREENLAND; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INUIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INUITS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85014277950     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620541114     Document Type: Article

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