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Limited evidence for selection at the <i>FADS</i> locus in Native American populations

2019-12-16

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The FADS locus contains the genes FADS1 and FADS2 that encode enzymes involved in the synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA). This locus appears to have been a repeated target of selection in human evolution, likely because dietary input of LC-PUFA varied over time depending on environment and subsistence strategy. Several recent studies have identified selection at the FADS locus in Nat...

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Literature Corpus work: c2c93604-f893-522a-8ef7-57ac19b887e3
DOI: 10.1101/2019.12.11.873356

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