Reduced Signal for Polygenic Adaptation of Height in UK Biobank

Overview

Journal Elife

Specialty Biology

Date 2019 Mar 22

PMID 30895923

Citations 191

Authors

Jeremy J Berg

Arbel Harpak

Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong

Anja Moltke Joergensen

Hakhamanesh Mostafavi

Yair Field

Evan August Boyle

Xinjun Zhang

Fernando Racimo

Jonathan K Pritchard

Graham Coop

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Abstract

Editorial Note: This article has been through an editorial process in which the authors decide how to respond to the issues raised during peer review. The Reviewing Editor's assessment is that all the issues have been addressed (see decision letter).

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