Systematic underestimation of the age of selected alleles

A common interpretation of genome-wide selection scans is that the dispersal of anatomically modern humans out of Africa and into diverse environments led to a number of genetic adaptations. If so, patterns of polymorphism from non-African individuals should show the signature of adaptations dating...

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Main Author: Joanna L. Kelley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00165/full