Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, 11/2006, Volume 444, Issue 7117, pp. 330 - 336
Neanderthals are the extinct hominid group most closely related to contemporary humans, so their genome offers a unique opportunity to identify genetic changes...
MODERN HUMAN ORIGINS | MODERN HUMANS | MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | ANCESTRAL POPULATION SIZES | ARTIFACTS | ANCIENT DNA | ENZYMATIC AMPLIFICATION | DIVERSITY | DIVERGENCE TIMES | MTDNA SEQUENCE | DNA - genetics | Animals | DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics | DNA - analysis | Humans | Population Density | Polymorphism, Genetic - genetics | DNA, Mitochondrial - analysis | Phylogeny | Hominidae - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Fossils | Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA | Genomics | Paleontology | Hominids
MODERN HUMAN ORIGINS | MODERN HUMANS | MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | ANCESTRAL POPULATION SIZES | ARTIFACTS | ANCIENT DNA | ENZYMATIC AMPLIFICATION | DIVERSITY | DIVERGENCE TIMES | MTDNA SEQUENCE | DNA - genetics | Animals | DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics | DNA - analysis | Humans | Population Density | Polymorphism, Genetic - genetics | DNA, Mitochondrial - analysis | Phylogeny | Hominidae - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Fossils | Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA | Genomics | Paleontology | Hominids
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Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, 06/2012, Volume 486, Issue 7404, pp. 527 - 531
Two African apes are the closest living relatives of humans: the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the bonobo (Pan paniscus). Although they are similar in many...
RETROTRANSPOSITION | LANDSCAPE | PRIMATES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | SEQUENCE | Species Specificity | Humans | Genome - genetics | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Genotype | Phylogeny | Pan paniscus - genetics | Genome, Human - genetics | Phenotype | Animals | DNA Transposable Elements - genetics | Gene Duplication - genetics | Genetic Variation - genetics | Evolution, Molecular
RETROTRANSPOSITION | LANDSCAPE | PRIMATES | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | SEQUENCE | Species Specificity | Humans | Genome - genetics | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Genotype | Phylogeny | Pan paniscus - genetics | Genome, Human - genetics | Phenotype | Animals | DNA Transposable Elements - genetics | Gene Duplication - genetics | Genetic Variation - genetics | Evolution, Molecular
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Nature Genetics, ISSN 1061-4036, 04/2005, Volume 37, Issue 4, pp. 429 - 434
Recombination rates seem to vary extensively along the human genome. Pedigree analysis suggests that rates vary by an order of magnitude when measured at the...
HAPLOTYPE RECONSTRUCTION | DNA-SEQUENCES | HUMAN GENOME | CROSSOVERS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SITES | LINKAGE-DISEQUILIBRIUM | HOTSPOT | MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX | SAMPLES | MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | Genetic Variation | Haplotypes | Genetics, Population | Animals | Recombination, Genetic | Computer Simulation | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Chromosome Mapping | Genome | Linkage Disequilibrium | Polymorphism, Genetic | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Research | Human genome | Chimpanzees | Simulation methods
HAPLOTYPE RECONSTRUCTION | DNA-SEQUENCES | HUMAN GENOME | CROSSOVERS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SITES | LINKAGE-DISEQUILIBRIUM | HOTSPOT | MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX | SAMPLES | MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | Genetic Variation | Haplotypes | Genetics, Population | Animals | Recombination, Genetic | Computer Simulation | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Chromosome Mapping | Genome | Linkage Disequilibrium | Polymorphism, Genetic | Physiological aspects | Genetic aspects | Research | Human genome | Chimpanzees | Simulation methods
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A Neutral Explanation for the Correlation of Diversity with Recombination Rates in Humans
The American Journal of Human Genetics, ISSN 0002-9297, 2003, Volume 72, Issue 6, pp. 1527 - 1535
One of the most striking findings to emerge from the study of genomic patterns of variation is that regions with lower recombination rates tend to have lower...
VARIABILITY | DNA-SEQUENCES | MUTATION-RATE | HUMAN GENOME | POLYMORPHISMS | GENE | DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER | STRAND-BREAK REPAIR | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE | MAP | Multivariate Analysis | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Linear Models | Polymorphism, Genetic | Genetic Variation | Animals | Papio - genetics | Recombination, Genetic | Statistics, Nonparametric | Models, Genetic | Mutation | Genome, Human | Genetic research | Genetic aspects | Drosophila | Biological diversity
VARIABILITY | DNA-SEQUENCES | MUTATION-RATE | HUMAN GENOME | POLYMORPHISMS | GENE | DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER | STRAND-BREAK REPAIR | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE | MAP | Multivariate Analysis | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Linear Models | Polymorphism, Genetic | Genetic Variation | Animals | Papio - genetics | Recombination, Genetic | Statistics, Nonparametric | Models, Genetic | Mutation | Genome, Human | Genetic research | Genetic aspects | Drosophila | Biological diversity
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PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 2011, Volume 6, Issue 6, p. e21605
To gain insight into the patterns of genetic variation and evolutionary relationships within and between bonobos and chimpanzees, we sequenced 150,000 base...
GENETIC-STRUCTURE | DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY | MIXED MODELS | NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY | DNA POLYMORPHISM | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | SPECIES TREES | HUMANS | POPULATIONS | PATTERNS | MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT | Genetic Variation | Animals | DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics | Humans | Genome - genetics | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Male | Phylogeny | Pan paniscus - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Evolution, Molecular | Chimpanzees | Genomics | Genomes | Nucleotide sequence | Base pairs | Biological evolution | Principal components analysis | Mitochondrial DNA | Genetic diversity | Monkeys & apes | Mitochondria | Hypotheses | Phylogenetics | Population | Mutation | Variation | Bioinformatics | Speciation | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA
GENETIC-STRUCTURE | DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY | MIXED MODELS | NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY | DNA POLYMORPHISM | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | SPECIES TREES | HUMANS | POPULATIONS | PATTERNS | MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT | Genetic Variation | Animals | DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics | Humans | Genome - genetics | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Male | Phylogeny | Pan paniscus - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Evolution, Molecular | Chimpanzees | Genomics | Genomes | Nucleotide sequence | Base pairs | Biological evolution | Principal components analysis | Mitochondrial DNA | Genetic diversity | Monkeys & apes | Mitochondria | Hypotheses | Phylogenetics | Population | Mutation | Variation | Bioinformatics | Speciation | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA
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Evidence for population growth in humans is confounded by fine-scale population structure
Trends in Genetics, ISSN 0168-9525, 2002, Volume 18, Issue 11, pp. 559 - 563
Although many studies have reported human polymorphism data, there has been no analysis of the effect of sampling design on the patterns of variability...
Human | allele frequency spectrum | polymorphism | population structure | single nucleotide polymorphisms | Tajima's D | LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM | MITOCHONDRIAL | DNA POLYMORPHISM | SIZE | GENES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | Predictive Value of Tests | Models, Genetic | Population Growth | Humans | Polymorphism, Genetic
Human | allele frequency spectrum | polymorphism | population structure | single nucleotide polymorphisms | Tajima's D | LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM | MITOCHONDRIAL | DNA POLYMORPHISM | SIZE | GENES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | Predictive Value of Tests | Models, Genetic | Population Growth | Humans | Polymorphism, Genetic
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PLoS Biology, ISSN 1544-9173, 2004, Volume 2, Issue 6, pp. 849 - 855
Recent experiments using sperm typing have demonstrated that, in several regions of the human genome, recombination does not occur uniformly but instead is...
HAPLOTYPE RECONSTRUCTION | DNA-SEQUENCES | HUMAN GENOME | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | NATURAL-SELECTION | BIOLOGY | LINKAGE-DISEQUILIBRIUM | MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX | STATISTICAL-METHOD | HUMAN-SPERM | MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | COLD SPOTS | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Linkage Disequilibrium - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Mutation - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 3 | Genetic Variation | Haplotypes - genetics | Animals | ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters - genetics | Base Sequence | Computer Simulation | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics | Recombination, Genetic - genetics | Models, Genetic | Evolution, Molecular | Primates | Evolution | Genetics | Gene Therapy | Homo (Human) | Genomics | Haplotypes | Sperm | Gene loci | Genomes | Genetic recombination | Experiments | Estimates
HAPLOTYPE RECONSTRUCTION | DNA-SEQUENCES | HUMAN GENOME | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | NATURAL-SELECTION | BIOLOGY | LINKAGE-DISEQUILIBRIUM | MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX | STATISTICAL-METHOD | HUMAN-SPERM | MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | COLD SPOTS | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Linkage Disequilibrium - genetics | Molecular Sequence Data | Mutation - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 3 | Genetic Variation | Haplotypes - genetics | Animals | ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters - genetics | Base Sequence | Computer Simulation | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics | Recombination, Genetic - genetics | Models, Genetic | Evolution, Molecular | Primates | Evolution | Genetics | Gene Therapy | Homo (Human) | Genomics | Haplotypes | Sperm | Gene loci | Genomes | Genetic recombination | Experiments | Estimates
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Molecular Biology and Evolution, ISSN 0737-4038, 10/2009, Volume 26, Issue 10, pp. 2181 - 2184
Polymorphism data in humans suggest that the gene encoding the transcription factor FOXP2, which influences speech and language development, has been subject...
Human | Evolution | Linkage disequilibrium | Selection | FOXP2 | LANGUAGE | MODERN HUMANS | INHERITED SPEECH | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | DARWINIAN SELECTION | evolution | SWEEPS | SIGNATURE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | selection | POSITIVE SELECTION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | STANDING GENETIC-VARIATION | HITCHHIKING | human | linkage disequilibrium | Linkage Disequilibrium - genetics | Amino Acid Sequence | Amino Acid Substitution - genetics | Forkhead Transcription Factors - genetics | Humans | Amino acids | Evolutionary biology | Molecular biology | Gene expression | Hominids
Human | Evolution | Linkage disequilibrium | Selection | FOXP2 | LANGUAGE | MODERN HUMANS | INHERITED SPEECH | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | DARWINIAN SELECTION | evolution | SWEEPS | SIGNATURE | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | selection | POSITIVE SELECTION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | STANDING GENETIC-VARIATION | HITCHHIKING | human | linkage disequilibrium | Linkage Disequilibrium - genetics | Amino Acid Sequence | Amino Acid Substitution - genetics | Forkhead Transcription Factors - genetics | Humans | Amino acids | Evolutionary biology | Molecular biology | Gene expression | Hominids
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Genome Research, ISSN 1088-9051, 09/2005, Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 1222 - 1231
Levels of diversity vary across the human genome. This variation is caused by two forces: differences in mutation rates and the differential impact of natural...
BACKGROUND SELECTION | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | PATTERNS | DNA-SEQUENCE VARIATION | X-LINKED LOCI | MUTATION-RATES | HUMAN GENOME | POSITIVE SELECTION | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | GENETICS & HEREDITY | RECOMBINATION RATES | LINKAGE-DISEQUILIBRIUM | HITCHHIKING | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Linear Models | DNA - genetics | Genetic Variation | DNA - chemistry | Animals | Base Composition | Recombination, Genetic | CpG Islands | Models, Genetic | Mutation | Genome, Human | Evolution, Molecular | Genetic research | Research | Gene mutations | Biological diversity | Letters
BACKGROUND SELECTION | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | PATTERNS | DNA-SEQUENCE VARIATION | X-LINKED LOCI | MUTATION-RATES | HUMAN GENOME | POSITIVE SELECTION | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | GENETICS & HEREDITY | RECOMBINATION RATES | LINKAGE-DISEQUILIBRIUM | HITCHHIKING | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Linear Models | DNA - genetics | Genetic Variation | DNA - chemistry | Animals | Base Composition | Recombination, Genetic | CpG Islands | Models, Genetic | Mutation | Genome, Human | Evolution, Molecular | Genetic research | Research | Gene mutations | Biological diversity | Letters
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Genetics, ISSN 0016-6731, 05/2004, Volume 167, Issue 1, p. 387
 An ability to predict levels of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between linked markers would facilitate the design of association studies and help to distinguish...
Genotype & phenotype | Genetic linkage | Evolution | Genetics
Genotype & phenotype | Genetic linkage | Evolution | Genetics
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Genetics, ISSN 0016-6731, 05/2004, Volume 167, Issue 1, pp. 387 - 397
An ability to predict levels of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between linked markers would facilitate the design of association studies and help to distinguish...
Journal Article
Genome Research, ISSN 1088-9051, 09/2005, Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 1222 - 1231
Levels of diversity vary across the human genome. This variation is caused by two forces: differences in mutation rates and the differential impact of natural...
Journal Article
Genetics, ISSN 0016-6731, 05/2004, Volume 167, Issue 1, pp. 387 - 397
An ability to predict levels of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between linked markers would facilitate the design of association studies and help to distinguish...
HUMAN GENOME | MODELS | HAPLOTYPE BLOCKS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | FINITE POPULATION | GENE CONVERSION | HOT-SPOTS | HOTSPOT | CROSSOVER | SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | Genetics, Population | Demography | Humans | Genotype | Chromosome Mapping | Models, Statistical | Gene Conversion | Databases as Topic | Linkage Disequilibrium | Polymorphism, Genetic | Genetic Variation | Recombination, Genetic | Models, Genetic | Mutation | Genome, Human | Evolution, Molecular | Genetics | Research
HUMAN GENOME | MODELS | HAPLOTYPE BLOCKS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | FINITE POPULATION | GENE CONVERSION | HOT-SPOTS | HOTSPOT | CROSSOVER | SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION | Genetics, Population | Demography | Humans | Genotype | Chromosome Mapping | Models, Statistical | Gene Conversion | Databases as Topic | Linkage Disequilibrium | Polymorphism, Genetic | Genetic Variation | Recombination, Genetic | Models, Genetic | Mutation | Genome, Human | Evolution, Molecular | Genetics | Research
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Genetics, ISSN 0016-6731, 11/2002, Volume 162, Issue 3, p. 1233
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PLoS Biology, ISSN 1544-9173, 06/2004, Volume 2, Issue 6
 Recent experiments using sperm typing have demonstrated that, in several regions of the human genome, recombination does not occur uniformly but instead is...
Haplotypes | Sperm | Gene loci | Genomes | Genetic recombination | Experiments | Estimates
Haplotypes | Sperm | Gene loci | Genomes | Genetic recombination | Experiments | Estimates
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Behavioral Ecology, ISSN 1045-2249, 03/2003, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 201
 The polygyny threshold model states that if costs incurred are less than the benefits gained from mating polygynously in terms of breeding-situation quality,...
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Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, 06/2012, Volume 486, Issue 7404, p. 527
 Two African apes are the closest living relatives of humans: the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the bonobo (Pan paniscus). Although they are similar in...
Genomics | Genetics | Genomes | Females | Monkeys & apes | Cell adhesion & migration
Genomics | Genetics | Genomes | Females | Monkeys & apes | Cell adhesion & migration
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Genetics, ISSN 0016-6731, 02/2007, Volume 175, Issue 2, pp. 795 - 804
A previous polymorphism survey of the type 2 diabetes gene CAPN10 identified a segment showing an excess of polymorphism levels in all population samples,...
DIABETES-MELLITUS | GENETIC-VARIATION | CLASS-II REGION | HUMAN GENOME | CARNIVORE CONNECTION | NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY | DNA POLYMORPHISM | GENETICS & HEREDITY | HAPLOTYPE STRUCTURE | SEGREGATING SITES | CROSSOVER HOT-SPOTS | Haplotypes | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Linkage Disequilibrium - genetics | Male | Spermatozoa - metabolism | Polymorphism, Genetic | Animals | Base Pairing | Base Sequence | Recombination, Genetic - genetics | Models, Genetic | African Continental Ancestry Group - genetics | Spermatozoa - classification | Type 2 diabetes | Spermatozoa | Genetic aspects | Research | Genetic polymorphisms | Studies | Genes | Ratings & rankings | Population | Genetic recombination | Molecular biology | Estimates | Investigations
DIABETES-MELLITUS | GENETIC-VARIATION | CLASS-II REGION | HUMAN GENOME | CARNIVORE CONNECTION | NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY | DNA POLYMORPHISM | GENETICS & HEREDITY | HAPLOTYPE STRUCTURE | SEGREGATING SITES | CROSSOVER HOT-SPOTS | Haplotypes | Humans | Pan troglodytes - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Linkage Disequilibrium - genetics | Male | Spermatozoa - metabolism | Polymorphism, Genetic | Animals | Base Pairing | Base Sequence | Recombination, Genetic - genetics | Models, Genetic | African Continental Ancestry Group - genetics | Spermatozoa - classification | Type 2 diabetes | Spermatozoa | Genetic aspects | Research | Genetic polymorphisms | Studies | Genes | Ratings & rankings | Population | Genetic recombination | Molecular biology | Estimates | Investigations
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How Intron Splicing Affects the Deletion and Insertion Profile in Drosophila melanogaster
Genetics, ISSN 0016-6731, 11/2002, Volume 162, Issue 3, pp. 1233 - 1244
Studies of "dead-on-arrival" transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster found that deletions outnumber insertions similar to8:1 with a median size for...
RECOMBINATION | EXON | REPAIR | CYCLOBUTANE PYRIMIDINE DIMERS | MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | NATURAL-SELECTION | GENES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | DNA LOSS | GENOME SIZE | PSEUDOGENES | RNA Splicing - physiology | Sequence Deletion | Data Interpretation, Statistical | Animals | Introns - genetics | RNA Splice Sites - genetics | RNA Splicing - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Drosophila melanogaster - genetics | Genetic aspects | Chromosome deletion | Introns | Drosophila | Analysis
RECOMBINATION | EXON | REPAIR | CYCLOBUTANE PYRIMIDINE DIMERS | MOLECULAR EVOLUTION | NATURAL-SELECTION | GENES | GENETICS & HEREDITY | DNA LOSS | GENOME SIZE | PSEUDOGENES | RNA Splicing - physiology | Sequence Deletion | Data Interpretation, Statistical | Animals | Introns - genetics | RNA Splice Sites - genetics | RNA Splicing - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Drosophila melanogaster - genetics | Genetic aspects | Chromosome deletion | Introns | Drosophila | Analysis
Journal Article
Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, 11/2006, Volume 444, Issue 7117, pp. 330 - 336
Neanderthals are the extinct hominid group most closely related to contemporary humans, so their genome offers a unique opportunity to identify genetic changes...
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