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Limited Evidence for Selection at the FADS Locus in Native American Populations

The FADS locus contains the genes FADS1 and FADS2 that encode enzymes involved in the synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. This locus appears to have been a repeated target of selection in human evolution, likely because dietary input of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids varied...

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Autor principal: Mathieson, Iain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32145021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa064