Parallel adaptive divergence among geographically diverse human populations.
Few genetic differences between human populations conform to the classic model of positive selection, in which a newly arisen mutation rapidly approaches fixation in one lineage, suggesting that adaptation more commonly occurs via moderate changes in standing variation at many loci. Detecting and ch...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3116918?pdf=render |