Multiple instances of ancient balancing selection shared between humans and chimpanzees.
Instances in which natural selection maintains genetic variation in a population over millions of years are thought to be extremely rare. We conducted a genome-wide scan for long-lived balancing selection by looking for combinations of SNPs shared between humans and chimpanzees. In addition to the m...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2013
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