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Human adaptation and population differentiation in the light of ancient genomes.
Nature communications - 18 Mar 2016
Key Felix M, Fu Qiaomei, Romagné Frédéric, Lachmann Michael, Andrés Aida M
Abstract excerpt
The influence of positive selection sweeps in human evolution is increasingly debated, although our ability to detect them is hampered by inherent uncertainties in the timing of past events. Ancient genomes provide snapshots of allele frequencies in the past and can help address this question. We combine modern and ancient genomic data in a simple statistic (DAnc) to time allele frequency changes, and investigate...
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