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Nature Genetics 39, 1188 - 1190 (2007)
doi:10.1038/ng1007-1188
Adaptive drool in the gene pool
John Novembre1, Jonathan K Pritchard1 & Graham Coop1
- John Novembre, Jonathan K. Pritchard and Graham Coop are in the Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. e-mail: jnovembre@uchicago.edu or e-mail: gcoop@uchicago.edu
Abstract
A new study finds that copy number variation in the salivary amylase gene in humans is associated with amylase concentration in saliva and average starch consumption in populations. This provides a striking example of the role of copy number variants (CNVs) in adaptive evolution, and of diet in producing selective pressures.
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Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variationNature Genetics Letter (01 Oct 2007)
