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The evolution of skin pigmentation-associated variation in West Eurasia.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jan 2021

Ju Dan, Mathieson Iain

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Skin pigmentation is a classic example of a polygenic trait that has experienced directional selection in humans. Genome-wide association studies have identified well over a hundred pigmentation-associated loci, and genomic scans in present-day and ancient populations have identified selective sweeps for a small number of light pigmentation-associated alleles in Europeans. It is unclear whether selection has...

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PMID: 33443182
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2009227118
PMCID: PMC7817156

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