Title |
A general linear model-based approach for inferring selection to climate
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Published in |
BMC Genomic Data, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2156-14-87 |
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Authors |
Srilakshmi M Raj, Luca Pagani, Irene Gallego Romero, Toomas Kivisild, William Amos |
Abstract |
Many efforts have been made to detect signatures of positive selection in the human genome, especially those associated with expansion from Africa and subsequent colonization of all other continents. However, most approaches have not directly probed the relationship between the environment and patterns of variation among humans. We have designed a method to identify regions of the genome under selection based on Mantel tests conducted within a general linear model framework, which we call MAntel-GLM to Infer Clinal Selection (MAGICS). MAGICS explicitly incorporates population-specific and genome-wide patterns of background variation as well as information from environmental values to provide an improved picture of selection and its underlying causes in human populations. |
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