Searching for ancient balanced polymorphisms shared between Neanderthals and Modern Humans
Abstract Hominin evolution is characterized by adaptive solutions often rooted in behavioral and cognitive changes. If balancing selection had an important and long-lasting impact on the evolution of these traits, it can be hypothesized that genes associated with them should carry an excess of share...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572018000100067&lng=en&tlng=en |