Barbara Sinigaglia, Jorge Escudero, Simone A Biagini, Jorge Garcia-Calleja, Josep Moreno, Begoña Dobon, Sandra Acosta, Mayukh Mondal, Sandra Walsh, Gabriela Aguileta, Mònica Vallès, Stephen Forrow, Juan Martin-Caballero, Andrea Bamberg Migliano, Jaume Bertranpetit, Francisco J Muñoz, Elena Bosch
Rainforest hunter-gatherers from South-East Asia are characterized by specific morphological features including a particularly dark skin color (D), short stature (S), woolly hair (W), and the presence of steatopygia (S) - fat accumulation localized in the hips (DSWS phenotype). Based on previous evidence in the Andamanese population, we first characterized signatures of adaptive natural selection around the Calcium-Sensing Receptor (CaSR) gene in SE Asian rainforest groups presenting the DSWS phenotype and identified the R990G substitution (rs1042636) as a putative adaptive variant for experimental follow-up...
January 29, 2024: Molecular Biology and Evolution