Was there selection pressure for this gene

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Admixture-mapping linkage-disequilibrium is an unbiased approach to discover genes that put individuals of one race at risk for certain diseases.

a). If the approach is unbiased why was the wrong gene, the MYH9, first identified for the at risk gene for renal disease in African Americans?

b). Eventually APOL-1 was identified as a gene that puts African Americans at risk for certain types of renal disease. Was there selection pressure for this gene? If so, what was it?

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