Climate associated natural selection in the human mitochondrial genome
Finley Grover-Thomas, Lucy van Dorp, François Balloux, Aida M. Andrés, M. Florencia Camus
The paper identifies 18 mitochondrial variants associated with climate adaptation using a large dataset of human mtDNA and climate variables.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Feb 16, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology