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Evolutionary forces shaping genomic islands of population differentiation in humans

BACKGROUND: Levels of differentiation among populations depend both on demographic and selective factors: genetic drift and local adaptation increase population differentiation, which is eroded by gene flow and balancing selection. We describe here the genomic distribution and the properties of geno...

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Autores principales: Hofer, Tamara, Foll, Matthieu, Excoffier, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22439654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-107