Patterns of recent natural selection on genetic loci associated with sexually differentiated human body size and shape phenotypes
A. M. Arner, K. E. Grogan, M. Grabowski, H. Reyes-Centeno, G. H. Perry
This study examines genetic loci associated with sex differences in human body size and shape, finding evidence of recent positive selection for alleles linked to greater body fat in females, contradicting the hypothesis that sex differences decreased with agriculture.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2020Evolutionary Biology