Apart from resistance to infectious disease, there are few examples of adaptive molecular evolution in humans. A new study indicates that olfactory receptors are exceptions, with natural selection maintaining considerable allelic diversity in this multigene family.
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Seielstad, M. Whiffs of selection. Nat Genet 26, 131–132 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/79829
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