title: [Rare variants and demographic explosion].
abstract: The abundance of rare variants in human DNA is the consequence of tremendous recent expansion of our population. Careful measurement of neutral variants in a European population points to more recent and more rapid expansion than previously believed.
authors.affiliation: UMR 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille Université/EFS/CNRS, Espace éthique méditerranéen, Hôpital adultes La Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France - CoReBio PACA, case 901, parc scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D011158:Population Growth