Sequence variation in human succinate dehydrogenase genes: evidence for long-term balancing selection on <it>SDHA</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Balancing selection operating for long evolutionary periods at a locus is characterized by the maintenance of distinct alleles because of a heterozygote or rare-allele advantage. The loci under balancing selection are distinguished b...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-03-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/12 |