Positive natural selection in the human lineage

Positive natural selection is the force that drives the increase in prevalence of advantageous traits, and it has played a central role in our development as a species. Until recently, the study of natural selection in humans has largely been restricted to comparing individual candidate genes to the...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 312; no. 5780; p. 1614
Main Authors:	Sabeti, P C, Schaffner, S F, Fry, B, Lohmueller, J, Varilly, P, Shamovsky, O, Palma, A, Mikkelsen, T S, Altshuler, D, Lander, E S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 16.06.2006
Subjects:	Alleles Biological Evolution Gene Frequency Genetic Variation Genetics, Population Genome, Human Haplotypes Humans Mutation Polymorphism, Genetic Selection, Genetic Sequence Analysis, DNA
ISSN:	1095-9203, 1095-9203
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