Population bottlenecks as a potential major shaping force of human genome architecture.

The modern synthetic view of human evolution proposes that the fixation of novel mutations is driven by the balance among selective advantage, selective disadvantage, and genetic drift. When considering the global architecture of the human genome, the same model can be applied to understanding the r...

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Main Authors: Adrian Gherman, Peter E Chen, Tanya M Teslovich, Pawel Stankiewicz, Marjorie Withers, Carl S Kashuk, Aravinda Chakravarti, James R Lupski, David J Cutler, Nicholas Katsanis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1925129?pdf=render