Human local adaptation of the TRPM8 cold receptor along a latitudinal cline.

Ambient temperature is a critical environmental factor for all living organisms. It was likely an important selective force as modern humans recently colonized temperate and cold Eurasian environments. Nevertheless, as of yet we have limited evidence of local adaptation to ambient temperature in pop...

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Main Authors: Felix M Key, Muslihudeen A Abdul-Aziz, Roger Mundry, Benjamin M Peter, Aarthi Sekar, Mauro D'Amato, Megan Y Dennis, Joshua M Schmidt, Aida M Andrés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5933706?pdf=render