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Selection still shapes our genome

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A key question in human evolutionary genetics is whether and how natural selection has shaped the human genome. A new study by Song and colleagues uses GWAS data to examine evidence for the effects of polygenic adaptation in complex traits at different time scales.

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  1. Population Genomics, Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica (CNAG-CRG), Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

    Oscar Lao

  2. Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain

    Oscar Lao

  3. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

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Lao, O. Selection still shapes our genome. Nat Hum Behav 5, 1600–1601 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01232-3

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