Relaxed natural selection in human populations during the Pleistocene.

doi:10.1266/jjg.68.539

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Relaxed natural selection in human populations during the Pleistocene.

Idengaku zasshi - 1 Dec 1993

Takahata N

Abstract excerpt

Available genetic data reveals that the human population is more variable than the chimpanzee population at the protein level, whereas the opposite is the case at the DNA level. The lower level of silent polymorphism in the human population suggests that its long-term breeding size is smaller tha...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Electrophoresis
Hominidae
Humans
Mutation
Pan troglodytes
Selection, Genetic

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