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Selective sweep on human amylase genes postdates the split with Neanderthals

Humans have more copies of amylase genes than other primates. It is still poorly understood, however, when the copy number expansion occurred and whether its spread was enhanced by selection. Here we assess amylase copy numbers in a global sample of 480 high coverage genomes and find that regions fl...

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Autores principales: Inchley, Charlotte E., Larbey, Cynthia D. A., Shwan, Nzar A. A., Pagani, Luca, Saag, Lauri, Antão, Tiago, Jacobs, Guy, Hudjashov, Georgi, Metspalu, Ene, Mitt, Mario, Eichstaedt, Christina A., Malyarchuk, Boris, Derenko, Miroslava, Wee, Joseph, Abdullah, Syafiq, Ricaut, François-Xavier, Mormina, Maru, Mägi, Reedik, Villems, Richard, Metspalu, Mait, Jones, Martin K., Armour, John A. L., Kivisild, Toomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37198