Whiffs of selection

Authors
Seielstad, M
Citation
M. Seielstad, Whiffs of selection, NAT GENET, 26(2), 2000, pp. 131-132
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
NATURE GENETICS
ISSN journal
10614036 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
131 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
1061-4036(200010)26:2<131:WOS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Apart from resistance to infectious disease, there are few examples of adap tive molecular evolution in humans. A new study indicates that olfactory re ceptors are exceptions, with natural selection maintaining considerable all elic diversity in this multigene family.