Genome-wide Comparison of African-Ancestry Populations from CARe and Other Cohorts Reveals Signals of Natural Selection

The study of recent natural selection in human populations has important applications to human history and medicine. Positive natural selection drives the increase in beneficial alleles and plays a role in explaining diversity across human populations. By discovering traits subject to positive selec...

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Main Authors: Bhatia, G, Patterson, N, Pasaniuc, B, Zaitlen, N, Genovese, G, Pollack, S, Mallick, S, Myers, S, Tandon, A, Spencer, C, Palmer, C, Adeyemo, A, Akylbekova, E, Cupples, L, Divers, J, Fornage, M, Kao, W, Lange, L, Li, M, Musani, S, Mychaleckyj, J, Ogunniyi, A, Papanicolaou, G, Rotimi, C, Rotter, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011