Rapid adaptation to malaria facilitated by admixture in the human population of Cabo Verde

Humans have undergone large migrations over the past hundreds to thousands of years, exposing ourselves to new environments and selective pressures. Yet, evidence of ongoing or recent selection in humans is difficult to detect. Many of these migrations also resulted in gene flow between previously s...

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Main Authors: Iman Hamid, Katharine L Korunes, Sandra Beleza, Amy Goldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/63177