Genetic absolute dating based on microsatellites and the origin of modern humans.

doi:10.1073/pnas.92.15.6723

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Genetic absolute dating based on microsatellites and the origin of modern humans.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Jul 1995

Goldstein D B, Ruiz Linares A, Cavalli-Sforza L L, Feldman M W

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We introduce a new genetic distance for microsatellite loci, incorporating features of the stepwise mutation model, and test its performance on microsatellite polymorphisms in humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas. We find that it performs well in determining the relations among the primates, but les...

Topics

Animals
Archaeology
DNA, Satellite
Gorilla gorilla
Hominidae
Humans
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Pan troglodytes
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Time
Y Chromosome

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