Analysis of 6,515 exomes reveals the recent origin of most human protein-coding variants

Authors :: Fu, Wenqing
O'Connor, Timothy D.
Jun, Goo
Kang, Hyun Min
Abecasis, Goncalo
Leal, Suzanne M.
Gabriel, Stacey
Altshuler, David
Shendure, Jay
Nickerson, Deborah A.
Bamshad, Michael J.
Akey, Joshua M.
Source :: Nature. January 10, 2013, Vol. 493 Issue 7431, p216, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Establishing the age of each mutation segregating in contemporary human populations is important to fully understand our evolutionary history (1,2) and will help to facilitate the development of new approaches [...]

Subjects :: Physiological aspects
Research
Population genetics -- Research
Gene mutation -- Physiological aspects -- Research
Genetic variation -- Physiological aspects -- Research
Gene mutations -- Physiological aspects -- Research

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