Analysis of 6,515 exomes reveals the recent origin of most human protein-coding variants : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

August 31, 2013

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We estimate that approximately 73% of all protein-coding SNVs and approximately 86% of SNVs predicted to be deleterious arose in the past 5,000–10,000 years.

6,515 #exomes reveals the recent origin of most human protein-coding variants: ~75% #SNVs arose in last ~7.5K yrs
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v493/n7431/full/nature11690.html

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