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The evolution of skin pigmentation associated variation in West Eurasia

2020-05-09

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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 opera...

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DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.08.085274

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