NSF Research News features Aqil and Gokcumen's study of genetic variation in balancing selection
Genetic study of modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans points to the importance of balancing selection in evolution
Published March 21, 2023
The NSF News features a story about the research of Alber Aqil, PhD candidate, and Professor Omer Gokcumen. Their study investigates a key question in biology: why genomic variation persists in a population for extended periods. According to Rebecca Ferrell, NSF Biological Anthropology program director, "the project demonstrates the value of an expanding genomic toolkit for studying human evolution, revealing new details about the complex variation and relationships among hominins." Visit NSF News.