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| Title |
Understanding rare and common diseases in the context of human evolution
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Genome Biology, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13059-016-1093-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lluis Quintana-Murci |
| Abstract |
The wealth of available genetic information is allowing the reconstruction of human demographic and adaptive history. Demography and purifying selection affect the purge of rare, deleterious mutations from the human population, whereas positive and balancing selection can increase the frequency of advantageous variants, improving survival and reproduction in specific environmental conditions. In this review, I discuss how theoretical and empirical population genetics studies, using both modern and ancient DNA data, are a powerful tool for obtaining new insight into the genetic basis of severe disorders and complex disease phenotypes, rare and common, focusing particularly on infectious disease risk. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 112 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 23% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 13% |
| France | 5 | 4% |
| Germany | 4 | 4% |
| Japan | 3 | 3% |
| Spain | 3 | 3% |
| Australia | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 13% |
| Unknown | 36 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 57 | 51% |
| Members of the public | 43 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 305 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 291 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 74 | 24% |
| Researcher | 52 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 45 | 15% |
| Unknown | 55 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 98 | 32% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 78 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 30 | 10% |
| Unknown | 55 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 63. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 May 2020.
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