Use of Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA population structure in tracing human migrations

PA Underhill, T Kivisild - Annu. Rev. Genet., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Well-resolved molecular gene trees illustrate the concept of descent with modification and
exhibit the opposing processes of drift and migration, both of which influence population …

Inferring genetic ancestry: opportunities, challenges, and implications

CD Royal, J Novembre, SM Fullerton… - The American Journal of …, 2010 - cell.com
Increasing public interest in direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic ancestry testing has been
accompanied by growing concern about issues ranging from the personal and societal …

The source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia

MA Spyrou, L Musralina, GA Gnecchi Ruscone… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The origin of the medieval Black Death pandemic (ad 1346–1353) has been a topic of
continuous investigation because of the pandemic's extensive demographic impact and long …

[BOOK][B] Cannabis: evolution and ethnobotany

R Clarke, M Merlin - 2016 - books.google.com
Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of
the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the …

Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent

F Broushaki, MG Thomas, V Link, S López, L Van Dorp… - Science, 2016 - science.org
We sequenced Early Neolithic genomes from the Zagros region of Iran (eastern Fertile
Crescent), where some of the earliest evidence for farming is found, and identify a previously …

Going east: new genetic and archaeological perspectives on the modern human colonization of Eurasia

P Mellars - Science, 2006 - science.org
The pattern of dispersal of biologically and behaviorally modern human populations from
their African origins to the rest of the occupied world between∼ 60,000 and 40,000 years …

The molecular dissection of mtDNA haplogroup H confirms that the Franco-Cantabrian glacial refuge was a major source for the European gene pool

A Achilli, C Rengo, C Magri, V Battaglia… - The American Journal of …, 2004 - cell.com
Complete sequencing of 62 mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) belonging (or very closely
related) to haplogroup H revealed that this mtDNA haplogroup—by far the most common in …

[BOOK][B] First migrants: ancient migration in global perspective

P Bellwood - 2014 - books.google.com
The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Polarity and temporality of high-resolution y-chromosome distributions in India identify both indigenous and exogenous expansions and reveal minor genetic influence …

S Sengupta, LA Zhivotovsky, R King, SQ Mehdi… - The American Journal of …, 2006 - cell.com
Although considerable cultural impact on social hierarchy and language in South Asia is
attributable to the arrival of nomadic Central Asian pastoralists, genetic data (mitochondrial …

The role of selection in the evolution of human mitochondrial genomes

T Kivisild, P Shen, DP Wall, B Do, R Sung, K Davis… - Genetics, 2006 - academic.oup.com
High mutation rate in mammalian mitochondrial DNA generates a highly divergent pool of
alleles even within species that have dispersed and expanded in size recently. Phylogenetic …