Ancient and recent positive selection transformed opioid cis-regulation in humans.

Changes in the cis-regulation of neural genes likely contributed to the evolution of our species' unique attributes, but evidence of a role for natural selection has been lacking. We found that positive natural selection altered the cis-regulation of human prodynorphin, the precursor molecule f...

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Main Authors: Matthew V Rockman, Matthew W Hahn, Nicole Soranzo, Fritz Zimprich, David B Goldstein, Gregory A Wray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030387