A Chronological Atlas of Natural Selection in the Human Genome during the Past Half-million Years
Hang Zhou, Sile Hu, Rostislav Matveev, Qianhui Yu, Jing Li, Philipp Khaitovich, Li Jin, Michael Lachmann, Mark Stoneking, Qiaomei Fu, Kun Tang
This study estimates the timing of natural selection in the human genome over the past half-million years, identifying selection events related to brain evolution and Alzheimer's disease pathways.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2015 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology