Detecting positive selection from genome scans of linkage disequilibrium

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Though a variety of linkage disequilibrium tests have recently been introduced to measure the signal of recent positive selection, the statistical properties of the various methods have not been directly compared. While most applicat...

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Main Authors: Rogers Alan R, Harpending Henry C, Huff Chad D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/8