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    Proportionally more deleterious genetic variation in European than in African populations

    The analysis of genome-wide patterns of variation in human populations can provide genetic evidence of patterns of human migration and adaptation across the world. Two contrasting papers in this issue illustra...

    Kirk E. Lohmueller, Amit R. Indap, Steffen Schmidt, Adam R. Boyko in Nature (2008)

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    Natural selection on protein-coding genes in the human genome

    Are we still evolving? The simple answer is yes. A comparison of the sequences of over 11,000 genes from 39 human individuals and from chimpanzees reveals more than 1,139 genes that show evidence of either pos...

    Carlos D. Bustamante, Adi Fledel-Alon, Scott Williamson, Rasmus Nielsen in Nature (2005)

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    Cloning and endonuclease map** of the hepatitis B viral genome

    THE virus that causes hepatitis B, or serum hepatitis, seems to infect only humans in nature, and experimental infection has been achieved in only a few additional mammals. The limited host range of the hepati...

    JOHN J. SNINSKY, ALEEM SIDDIQUI, WILLIAM S. ROBINSON, STANLEY N. COHEN in Nature (1979)