A map of recent positive selection in the human genome.

The identification of signals of very recent positive selection provides information about the adaptation of modern humans to local conditions. We report here on a genome-wide scan for signals of very recent positive selection in favor of variants that have not yet reached fixation. We describe a ne...

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Main Authors: Benjamin F Voight, Sridhar Kudaravalli, Xiaoquan Wen, Jonathan K Pritchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1382018?pdf=render