Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in the Systems Genetics of Anthropometric Traits
Polimanti R, Yang BZ, Zhao H, Gelernter J. Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in the Systems Genetics of Anthropometric Traits. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0160654. PMID: 27537407, PMCID: PMC4990182, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolygenic adaptationNatural selectionSystems geneticsProtein interaction networksWide association studyPolygenic mechanismsEuropean populationsPolygenic selectionAnthropometric traitsGene networksHuman genomeEpistatic interactionsInteraction networksEnrichment analysisGenetic signaturesSystems biologyAssociation studiesLipid transportMolecular processesAdaptation signalsLocomotory behaviorTraitsSelective mechanismGeneticsInfection resistance