Sentences with phrase «pattern of human genetic variation»
His group gives particular thought to ways in which scientists document and describe the nonrandom pattern of human genetic variation and its link to disease risks in different populations.
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Many other geographic, climatic, and historical factors have contributed to the patterns of human genetic variation seen in the world today.
The patterns of human genetic variation, however, correspond poorly with visible morphological differences.
Not exact matches
The research in his laboratory involves the study of the nature and extent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic variation, the biological and evolutionary processes that have produced the observed patterns, and the human genes and their relevant genetic variants that influence susceptibility or resistance to HIV infection.
By analyzing these two exomes together with the genome sequence of a Neandertal from Siberia we show that the genetic diversity of Neandertals was lower than that of present - day humans and that the pattern of coding variation suggests that Neandertal populations were small and isolated from one another.
«This is a dramatic example of how recent human history has profoundly shaped patterns of genetic variation,» said Joshua Akey,...