Viewing selective sweep results

In the history panel we see that our eight-hundred nineteen regions cover approximately one-hundred eighty-one megabases of the genome. Clicking on the eye icon displays the results. The chr15 region indicated with a blue arrow contains the SLC24A5 gene that is shown to be under positive selection in caucasians. The chr2 region indicated with a blue arrow contains the LCT (lactase) gene that is also shown to be under positive selection.

References:

• Bersaglieri T, Sabeti PC, Patterson N, Vanderploeg T, Schaffner SF, Drake JA, Rhodes M, Reich DE, Hirschhorn JN. 2004. Genetic signatures of strong recent positive selection at the lactase gene. Am J Hum Genet. 74:1111-1120.
• Lamason RL, Mohideen MA, Mest JR, Wong AC, Norton HL, Aros MC, Jurynec MJ, Mao X, Humphreville VR, Humbert JE, Sinha S, Moore JL, Jagadeeswaran P, Zhao W, Ning G, Makalowska I, McKeigue PM, O'donnell D, Kittles R, Parra EJ, Mangini NJ, Grunwald DJ, Shriver MD, Canfield VA, Cheng KC. 2005. SLC24A5, a putative cation exchanger, affects pigmentation in zebrafish and humans. Science 310:1782-1786.