Simulating the effects of kinship and postmarital residence patterns on mitochondrial DNA diversity in mortuary contexts.

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OBJECTIVES: We explore the observable outcome in mtDNA diversity of different kinship systems and associated postmarital residence patterns in the archeological record, using simulations at the intrapopulation level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four kinship systems were simulated from a set of variable fertility and mortality scenarios. Initial conditions consisted of six clusters of variable size and a random number...

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