Reduced signal for polygenic adaptation of height in UK Biobank
J. J. Berg, A. Harpak, N. Sinnott-Armstrong, A. M. Joergensen, H. Mostafavi, Y. Field, E. A. Boyle, X. Zhang, F. Racimo, J. K. Pritchard, G. Coop
The paper analyzes polygenic height scores from UK Biobank and finds reduced signals of selection compared to previous studies, suggesting potential issues with population stratification correction.
bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2018Evolutionary Biology