Inference of human evolution through cladistic analysis of nuclear DNA restriction polymorphisms.

doi:10.1073/pnas.91.14.6515

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Inference of human evolution through cladistic analysis of nuclear DNA restriction polymorphisms.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jul 1994

Mountain J L, Cavalli-Sforza L L

Abstract excerpt

Testing of nuclear DNA polymorphisms in human populations has been extended to closely related primates. For many polymorphisms, one allele is shared by two or more species: such shared alleles are likely to be ancestral and provide insight not only into the relationships among the primates but a...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Biological Evolution
Black People
Gene Frequency
Hominidae
Humans
Models, Genetic
Pan troglodytes
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Racial Groups

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