Evolution of the human gastrokine locus and confounding factors regarding the pseudogenicity of GKN3
Geahlen JH, Lapid C, Thorell K, Nikolskiy I, Huh WJ, Oates EL, Lennerz JK, Tian X, Weis VG, Khurana SS, Lundin SB, Templeton AR, Mills JC. Evolution of the human gastrokine locus and confounding factors regarding the pseudogenicity of GKN3. Physiological Genomics 2013, 45: 667-683. PMID: 23715263, PMCID: PMC3742967, DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00169.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelective sweepsHuman genetic locusGenome evolutionGenomic neighborsSplice donor siteDirectional selectionHuman genomeGenetic lociBp downstreamEuropean genesGKN3Gastric mucous neck cellsStop codon mutationThird memberHuman populationGenesCodon mutationLociGKN2Haplotype analysisMucous neck cellsMutationsAfrican populationsNeck cellsGKN1