"Selection, Genetic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Differential and non-random reproduction of different genotypes, operating to alter the gene frequencies within a population.
| Descriptor ID |
D012641
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.783
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Selection, Genetic" by people in this website by year, and whether "Selection, Genetic" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1997 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2000 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2002 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 2007 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2008 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2011 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2012 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2014 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2015 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 2016 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2018 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2019 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Selection, Genetic" by people in Profiles.
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Study design and the sampling of deleterious rare variants in biobank-scale datasets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jun 10; 122(23):e2425196122.
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The distribution of highly deleterious variants across human ancestry groups. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 May 27; 122(21):e2503857122.
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Characterizing selection on complex traits through conditional frequency spectra. Genetics. 2025 Apr 17; 229(4).
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Demographic History, Genetic Load, and the Efficacy of Selection in the Globally Invasive Mosquito Aedes aegypti. Genome Biol Evol. 2025 Apr 03; 17(4).
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Evolutionarily new genes in humans with disease phenotypes reveal functional enrichment patterns shaped by adaptive innovation and sexual selection. Genome Res. 2025 Mar 18; 35(3):379-392.
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Allele ages provide limited information about the strength of negative selection. Genetics. 2025 Mar 17; 229(3).
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Functional innovation through new genes as a general evolutionary process. Nat Genet. 2025 Feb; 57(2):295-309.
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Population Genomic Scans for Natural Selection and Demography. Annu Rev Genet. 2024 Nov; 58(1):319-339.
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Selection with two alleles of X-linkage and its application to the fitness component analysis of OdsH in Drosophila. G3 (Bethesda). 2024 Sep 04; 14(9).
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Distinct Genes with Similar Functions Underlie Convergent Evolution in Myotis Bat Ecomorphs. Mol Biol Evol. 2024 Sep 04; 41(9).