The genetics of human adaptation: hard sweeps, soft sweeps, and polygenic adaptation.

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Published in Curr Biol on February 23, 2010

Authors

Jonathan K Pritchard1, Joseph K Pickrell, Graham Coop

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Room 507, 929 E. 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. pritch@uchicago.edu

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