The utility of ancient human DNA for improving allele age estimates, with implications for demographic models and tests of natural selection

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-72

  Sams, Aaron J ^a,b   Hawks, John ^a   Keinan, Alon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Neandertals; tzi

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA; GENE FLOW; NATURAL SELECTION; NEANDERTHAL; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS;

EUROPE;

DNA;

ANIMAL; EUROPE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DNA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEANDERTHALS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84921649781     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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