Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans
Sanjak JS, Sidorenko J, Robinson MR, Thornton KR, Visscher PM. 2018. Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(1), 151–156.
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Sanjak, Jaleal S.;
Sidorenko, Julia;
Robinson, Matthew RichardISTA
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Thornton, Kevin R.;
Visscher, Peter M.
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Abstract
Modern molecular genetic datasets, primarily collected to study the biology of human health and disease, can be used to directly measure the action of natural selection and reveal important features of contemporary human evolution. Here we leverage the UK Biobank data to test for the presence of linear and nonlinear natural selection in a contemporary population of the United Kingdom. We obtain phenotypic and genetic evidence consistent with the action of linear/directional selection. Phenotypic evidence suggests that stabilizing selection, which acts to reduce variance in the population without necessarily modifying the population mean, is widespread and relatively weak in comparison with estimates from other species.
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2018-01-02
Journal Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Volume
115
Issue
1
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151-156
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Sanjak JS, Sidorenko J, Robinson MR, Thornton KR, Visscher PM. Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018;115(1):151-156. doi:10.1073/pnas.1707227114
Sanjak, J. S., Sidorenko, J., Robinson, M. R., Thornton, K. R., & Visscher, P. M. (2018). Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707227114
Sanjak, Jaleal S., Julia Sidorenko, Matthew Richard Robinson, Kevin R. Thornton, and Peter M. Visscher. “Evidence of Directional and Stabilizing Selection in Contemporary Humans.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707227114.
J. S. Sanjak, J. Sidorenko, M. R. Robinson, K. R. Thornton, and P. M. Visscher, “Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115, no. 1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pp. 151–156, 2018.
Sanjak JS, Sidorenko J, Robinson MR, Thornton KR, Visscher PM. 2018. Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(1), 151–156.
Sanjak, Jaleal S., et al. “Evidence of Directional and Stabilizing Selection in Contemporary Humans.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115, no. 1, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, pp. 151–56, doi:10.1073/pnas.1707227114.