A statistical evaluation of models for the initial settlement of the american continent emphasizes the importance of gene flow with Asia

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Ray, N ^a,b   Wegmann, D ^a,b   Fagundes, N J R ^c   Wang, S ^d   Ruiz Linares, A ^d   Excoffier, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Approximate Bayesian computation; Colonization; Human settlement; Model choice

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENE FLOW; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 74549185696     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp238     Document Type: Article

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