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1. www.nature.com › scitable › topicpageEvolutionary Adaptation and Positive Selection in Humans ...

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   Positive natural selection, or the tendency of beneficial traits to increase in prevalence (frequency) in a population, is the driving force behind adaptive evolution.

2. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Natural Selection, Genetic Variation, and Human Diversity

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   Mar 14, 2021 · In this chapter, we discuss methods and models that have been used to better understand how selection has impacted human variation and review studies of natural selection in humans and the stories they reveal about human history.

   • Author: Leslie S. Emery, Joshua M. Akey

   • Publish Year: 2021

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4. www.nature.com › articles › nrg2428Human uniqueness: genome interactions with environment ...

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   Oct 1, 2008 · Aspects of human uniqueness might have arisen because of a primate evolutionary trend towards increasing and irreversible dependence on learned behaviours and culture, rather than hard-wired...

   • Author: Ajit Varki, Daniel H. Geschwind, Daniel H. Geschwind, Evan E. Eichler, Evan E. Eichler

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5. www.nature.com › articles › ngNatural selection has driven population differentiation in ...

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   Feb 3, 2008 · The considerable range of observed phenotypic variation in human populations may reflect, in part, distinctive processes of natural selection and adaptation to variable environmental...

   • Author: Luis B Barreiro, Guillaume Laval, Hélène Quach, Etienne Patin, Lluís Quintana-Murci

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6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesHuman niche, human behaviour, human nature - PMC

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   Oct 6, 2017 · Ultimate causes are those of greater relevance in evolutionary ‘human natures’ questions as they reflect the effects of natural selection and are thus statements about the fitness, functional impact, origins and selective mechanisms/histories of the traits in question.

   • Author: Agustin Fuentes
   • DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0136

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   • Publication: Interface Focus. 2017 Oct 6; 7(5): 20160136.

7. www.science.org › doi › 10Positive Natural Selection in the Human Lineage | Science - AAAS

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   Jun 16, 2006 · Here, we review genetic methods for detecting natural selection, discuss initial results about positive selection based on recent whole-genome analyses, and outline the potential and the challenges ahead in going from candidates of selection to proven examples of adaptive evolution.

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   How does natural selection affect phenotypic changes?

   • Nature Reviews Genetics 8:206–216. A review of phenotypic changes produced through natural selection on regulatory mutations, with examples in humans and other species. As humans dispersed throughout the world, populations encountered new pathogens that provided new and potentially quite strong selection pressures.

   Natural Selection in Human Populations - Stanford University

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   What is positive natural selection?

   • Positive natural selection is the force that drives the increase in prevalence of advantageous traits, and it has played a central role in our development as a species. Until recently, the study of natural selection in humans has largely been restricted to comparing individual candidate genes to theoretical expectations.

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   Can natural selection be influenced by other evolutionary forces?

   • (1) Inference of the occurrence of natural selection in humans can be influenced by other evolutionary forces that affect genetic variation.

   Natural Selection in Human Populations - Stanford University

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   Is natural selection a population-genetic study?

   • Several reviews have considered the population-genetic study of natural selection in human populations, emphasizing to a different extent the driving selective pressures, statistical methods for detecting natural selection from patterns of genetic variation, and observations in human data.

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   Does positive natural selection shape the human genome?

   • Here, we review approaches to detect positive natural selection, describe results from recent analyses of genome-wide data, and discuss the prospects and challenges ahead as we expand our understanding of the role of natural selection in shaping the human genome. Homo sapiens, like all species, has been shaped by positive natural selection.

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   What are ultimate causes in evolutionary 'human natures' questions?

   • Ultimate causes are those of greater relevance in evolutionary ‘human natures’ questions as they reflect the effects of natural selection and are thus statements about the fitness, functional impact, origins and selective mechanisms/histories of the traits in question.

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9. web.stanford.edu › group › rosenberglabNatural Selection in Human Populations - Stanford University

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   Studies of natural selection in human populations examine different time periods in human evolution by considering different comparisons: between humans and chimpanzees, between humans and archaic hominins, and among different human populations.