Genetic divergence and adaptive variation constitute the foundation of evolutionary change in natural populations. Divergence arises when populations accumulate distinct allele frequencies through ...
Single nucleotide substitutions (SNSs) are the major type of somatic variation in tumors 1,2. Even though the absolute majority of the point mutations are neutral 3, there are many examples of ...
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not ...