Looking for signatures of sex-specific demography and local adaptation on the X chromosome

Authors :: Laure Ségurel
Evelyne Heyer
Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie (EAE)
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :: Genome Biology, Genome Biology, BioMed Central, 2010, 11 (1), pp.203. ⟨10.1186/gb-2010-11-1-203⟩
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: A genome-wide study of X chromosome genetic diversity in human populations shows the impact of social organization and local adaptation.<br />A population study comparing X-linked variation with that of the autosomes reveals that social organization has a clear impact on X chromosome genetic diversity and that the X chromosome shows a signature of local adaptation. See related research article: http://genomebiology.com/2010/11/1/R10.

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