A positively selected FBN1 missense variant reduces height in Peruvian individuals
Samira Asgari, Yang Luo, Ali Akbari, Gillian M. Belbin, Xinyi Li, Daniel Harris, Martin K. Selig, Eric Bartell, Róger Calderón, Kamil Slowikowski, Carmen Contreras, Rosa Yataco, Jerome T. Galea, Judith Jiménez, Julia Coit, Chandel Farroñay, Rosalynn M. Nazarian, Timothy D. O’Connor, Harry C. Dietz, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Heinner Guio, Leonid Lecca, Eimear E. Kenny, Esther E. Freeman, Megan Murray, Soumya Raychaudhuri
Topics & Concepts
Missense mutationLocus (genetics)FibrillinGeneticsBiologyPopulationAlleleBalancing selectionAllele frequencyMinor allele frequencyGeneEvolutionary biologyDemographyPhenotypeSociologyConnective tissue disorders researchGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyWnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer