Why the study?
It was unknown whether the worldwide distribution of the GDF5 gene rs143384 polymorphism was shaped by selective pressure or random genetic drift events.
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The worldwide distribution of the rs143384 polymorphism in the GDF5 gene appears to be the result of random genetic drift rather than selective pressure.
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Flore et al. (2023) studied this question.