A recent shift from polygyny to monogamy in humans is suggested by the analysis of worldwide Y-chromosome diversity

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-97

  Dupanloup, Isabelle ^a   Pereira, Luísa ^b   Bertorelle, Giorgio ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^c   Prata, Maria João ^b   Amorim, Antonio ^b   Barbujani, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demographic expansions; Human populations; Mismatch distributions; Polygyny; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOGAMY; MUTATION RATE; POLYGYNY; POPULATION SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0042672693     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2458-x     Document Type: Article

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