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Daniel MacArthur
I write about the genetic and evolutionary basis of human variation, and the companies trying to sell you information about your genome.
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Category: evolutionary genetics
Pickrell, J., Coop, G., Novembre, J., Kudaravalli, S., Li, J., Absher, D., Srinivasan, B., Barsh, G., Myers, R., Feldman, M., & Pritchard, J. (2009). Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations Genome Research DOI: 10.1101/gr.087577.108I...
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Category: genome-wide scans for selection
A new paper in Genome Research explores the signatures left on our genomes by natural selection over the last 10-40,000 years of human adaptation.
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Category: genome-wide scans for selection
A new online browser offers insight into natural selection in humans using genome-wide genetic variation data from 53 populations.
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