Using phylochronology to reveal cryptic population histories: Review and synthesis of 29 ancient DNA studies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1310-1330

  Ramakrishnan, Uma ^a   Hadly, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bottleneck; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic drift; Genetic sampling; Population structure; Serial coalescent; Temporal genetic data

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 62849103887     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04092.x     Document Type: Review

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