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• Sex-biased admixture in the Americas (Stefflova et al. 2009)

  
  Dienekes' Anthropology Blog — Authority: 421
  PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007842 Evaluation of Group Genetic Ancestry of Populations from Philadelphia and Dakar in the Context of Sex-Biased Admixture in the Americas Klara Stefflova et al. Abstract Background Population history can be reflected in group genetic ancestry, where genomic variation ...
  1 week ago

• Ancient penguin mtDNA and substitution rates

  
  john hawks weblog — Authority: 512
  Heres an example of a really incomprehensible press release : Ancient penguin DNA raises doubts about accuracy of genetic dating techniques Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Time-independent evolutionary mtDNA mutation rates in Penguins

  
  Dienekes' Anthropology Blog — Authority: 421
  The study is reminiscent of another recent paper on Penguins, and strikes another blow against the idea that over long time periods genetic diversity accumulates at a slow rate. Trends in Genetics , Volume 25, Issue 11, doi:10.1016/j.tig.2009.09.005 High mitogenomic evolutionary rates and time dependency ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kipunji introgression

  
  john hawks weblog — Authority: 512
  So whats the baboon DNA doing in that rare monkey species, anyway? The researchers are looking into whether the baboon DNA has given the kipunji any survival advantages and could possibly explain why roughly 1,000 of the monkeys live in the Southern Highlands (the population having baboon DNA) compared with just ...
  2 weeks ago

• mtDNA haplogroup H and maximal oxygen uptake

  
  Dienekes' Anthropology Blog — Authority: 421
  Mitochondrion . 2009 Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print] Human mitochondrial haplogroup H: the highest VO(2max) consumer. Is it a paradox? Martínez-Redondo D et al. Mitochondrial background has been demonstrated to influence maximal oxygen uptake (VO(2max), in mL.kg(-1).min(-1)), but this genetic influence can be ...
  2 weeks ago

• mtDNA in southern Italy

  
  Dienekes' Anthropology Blog — Authority: 421
  Ann Hum Biol. 2009 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print] Human mitochondrial DNA variation in Southern Italy Ottoni C, Martinez-Labarga C, Vitelli L, Scano G, Fabrini E, Contini I, Biondi G, Rickards O. Background: Since prehistoric times Southern Italy has been a cultural crossroads of the Mediterranean basin. Genetic ...
  5 weeks ago

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