Article
Demographic history and selection at HLA loci in Native Americans.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Single Richard M, Meyer Diogo, Nunes Kelly, Francisco Rodrigo Santos, Hünemeier Tábita, Maiers Martin, Hurley Carolyn K, Bedoya Gabriel, Gallo Carla, Hurtado Ana Magdalena, Llop Elena, Petzl-Erler Maria Luiza, Poletti Giovanni, Rothhammer Francisco, Tsuneto Luiza, Klitz William, Ruiz-Linares Andrés
Abstract excerpt
The American continent was the last to be occupied by modern humans, and native populations bear the marks of recent expansions, bottlenecks, natural selection, and population substructure. Here we investigate how this demographic history has shaped genetic variation at the strongly selected HLA loci. In order to disentangle the relative contributions of selection and demography process, we assembled a dataset...
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