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Adaptive evolution of loci covarying with the human African Pygmy phenotype.

Human genetics - 1 Aug 2012

Mendizabal Isabel, Marigorta Urko M, Lao Oscar, Comas David

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African Pygmies are hunter-gatherer populations from the equatorial rainforest that present the lowest height averages among humans. The biological basis and the putative adaptive role of the short stature of Pygmy populations has been one of the most intriguing topics for human biologists in the last century, which still remains elusive. Worldwide convergent evolution of the Pygmy size suggests the presence of...

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PMID: 22407027
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1157-3
PMCID: PMC3397127

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