No evidence of Neandertal admixture in the mitochondrial genomes of early European modern humans and contemporary Europeans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-252

  Ghirotto, Silvia ^a   Tassi, Francesca ^a   Benazzo, Andrea ^a   Barbujani, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

admixture; ancient DNA; Approximate Bayesian Computations; coalescent simulations; population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOSSIL HUMAN; GENE FLOW; GENEALOGY; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NEANDERTAL; NEGRO; POPULATION SIZE; UPPER PALAEOLITHIC EUROPEAN EARLY MODERN HUMAN;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEANDERTHALS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80052757016     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21569     Document Type: Article

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