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Genome wide signatures of positive selection: the comparison of independent samples and the identification of regions associated to traits.
BMC genomics - 24 Apr 2009
Barendse William, Harrison Blair E, Bunch Rowan J, Thomas Merle B, Turner Lex B
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BACKGROUND: The goal of genome wide analyses of polymorphisms is to achieve a better understanding of the link between genotype and phenotype. Part of that goal is to understand the selective forces that have operated on a population. RESULTS: In this study we compared the signals of selection, identified through population divergence in the Bovine HapMap project, to those found in an independent sample of cattle...
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