Article
Genetic structure of the ancestral population of modern humans.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Aug 1998
Zietkiewicz E, Yotova V, Jarnik M, Korab-Laskowska M, Kidd K K, Modiano D, Scozzari R, Stoneking M, Tishkoff S, Batzer M, Labuda D
Abstract excerpt
Neutral DNA polymorphisms from an 8-kb segment of the dystrophin gene, previously ascertained in a worldwide sample (n = 250 chromosomes), were used to characterize the population ancestral to the present-day human groups. The ancestral state of each polymorphic site was determined by comparing h...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Dystrophin
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Frequency
- Hominidae
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Racial Groups
- Time