Population-specific, recent positive directional selection suggests adaptation of human male reproductive genes to different environmental conditions - Schaschl, Helmut; Wallner, Bernard (BMC ecology and evolution, 2020)
Keywords: Adaptation; Biological evolution; Competition; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Enrichment; Environmental conditions; Environmental quality; Evolution; Evolutionary genetics; Fertility; Fertilization; Gametocytes; Genes; Genetic adaption; Genetic aspects; Genetic research; Genomes; Genomics; Hormones; Human populations; Human reproduction; Human testis-enriched genes; Male identity; Male reproductive genes; Men; Natural history; Phylogeny; Population genetics; Positive selection; Primates; Proteins; Reproductive system; Software; Sperm; Sperm competition; Spermatocytes; Spermatogenesis; Stress (physiology); Testes; Time; Transcription; Transcription (Genetics); Austria; United Kingdom--UK; Genetic adaption; Male reproductive genes; Human testis-enriched genes; Positive selection