Nature Genetics
26, 131 - 132 (2000)
doi:10.1038/79829
Whiffs of selectionMark Seielstad
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
mark@ppg.harvard.edu
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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