Common homozygosity for predicted loss-of-function variants reveals both redundant and advantageous effects of dispensable human genes
Antonio Rausell, Yufei Luo, Marie Lopez, Yoann Seeleuthner, Franck Rapaport, Antoine Favier, Peter D. Stenson, D.N. Cooper, Étienne Patin, Jean‐Laurent Casanova, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Laurent Abel
The paper identifies 166 dispensable human genes with common loss-of-function variants that show relaxed selective constraints and some evidence of positive selection.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jun 2, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics