Analyses of allele age and fitness impact reveal human beneficial alleles to be older than neutral controls.
Alyssa M PivirottoAlexander PlattRavi PatelSudhir KumarJody HeyPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)
Analyses of allele age and evolutionary impact reveal that beneficial alleles in a human population are often older than neutral controls, suggesting a large role for balancing selection in adaptation.