Positive selection in Europeans and East-Asians at the ABCA12 gene
Roberto Sirica, Marianna Buonaiuto, Valeria Petrella, Lucia Sticco, Donatella Tramontano, Dario Antonini, Caterina Missero, Ombretta Guardiola, Gennaro Andolfi, Heerman Kumar, Qasim Ayub, Yali Xue, Chris Tyler‐Smith, Marco Salvemini, Giovanni D’Angelo, Vincenza Colonna
The paper confirms a positive selection signal at the ABCA12 gene in Europeans and East-Asians and refines its genomic location, finding no direct effect on gene expression but tracing the T allele's trajectory in human history.
Scientific Reports · Mar 19, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics