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Sequence Analysis of Human TRPV6 Suggests Positive Selection Outside Africa

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We thank Ms. Katherine Ono for the English editing of this manuscript. This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Japan (16390197) and the Ishibashi Foundation for the Promotion of Science.

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Soejima, M., Tachida, H. & Koda, Y. Sequence Analysis of Human TRPV6 Suggests Positive Selection Outside Africa. Biochem Genet 47, 147–153 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-009-9222-x

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